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Illuminated Colophon

Muhammad Salih ibn 'Umar (Scribe)
1269 AH/AD 1853 (Ottoman)
ink and pigments on laid European paper
(Islamic Manuscripts, Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books)

This illuminated colophon from Walters manuscript W.743, dated Ramadan 1269 AH/AD 1853, contains significant information. In it, the scribe Muhammad Salih ibn 'Umar states that he was born in Kumuljunah (Gümülcine, Komotini in northeastern Greece) and resided in the Madrasat Mulazimlar, in the vicinity of Hammam Sulaymaniyah in al-Qustantiniyah (Istanbul). He also indicates being a pupil of Amin al-Bahjat (Behcet).

Inscription

[Transliteration] wa-bi-Allāh al-tawfīq /1/ katabahu al-faqīr al-haqīr al-muhtāj ilá rahmat Rabbih al-Qadīr /2/ ad'af al-khattātin al-ma'rūf bi-Muhammad Sālih bn 'Umar /3/ mawlidhu ma'rūf fī Diyār al-Rūm bi-madīnat Kūmuljunah wa-maskanuhu /4/ bi-Madrasat Mulāzimlar fī qurb Hammām Sulaymānīyah fī al-Qustantinīyah /5/ wa-huwa min talāmīdh Amīn al-Bahjat wa-kāna tahrīruhu ma'ahu tis'atan [sic] /6/ ghafara Allāh lahum wa-li-wālidayhim wa-li-man nazara ilayhi wa-li-al-mu'minīn wa-al-mu'mināt /7/ wa-al-muslimīn wa-al-muslimāt al-ahyā' minhum wa-al-amwāt /8/ bi-rahmatika yā arham al-rāhimin fī shahr Ramadān al-mubārak /9/ fī yawm al-ithnayn sanat tis' wa-sittīn wa-mi'atayn wa-alf min al-hijrah /10/ man lahu al-'izz wa-al-sharaf Allāhumma salli 'alá Muhammad wa-<ā>lih ajma'in /11/

Provenance
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Robert L. Fox [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by gift.

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Geographies

Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople) (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 6 5/16 x W: 4 5/16 in. (16 x 11 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert L. Fox, 1990

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.743.257B

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Muhammad Salih ibn 'Umar
1269 AH/AD 1853 (Ottoman)
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