About the lot N° 19
Title : A Collection Of Letters And Other Documents
Size : 20 x 6 1/2 in.
51 x 16.4cmNotes : This fascinating collection of early documents was collected by George Anastase Michaelides (1900-1973). Born in Cairo, he formed a fine collection of Egyptian antiquities. Some of the pieces are in museum collections and others were sold at Christie's South Kensington, 29 October 2003. The documents are: 1 A legal document concerning a female slave named Ghazal, witnessed by a Judge, Muhammad Musa, dated 810/1407, 9ll. 2 Legal document written in Cairo, 8ll. 3 Legal document (receipt) concerning one Mikhail ibn Yuhannah ibn Mikhail and others with regard to receiving payments from crops, 16ll. 4 Legal document (receipt) concerning Prince 'Ala al-Din ibn Hasan with regard to certain payments, 9ll. 5 Legal document (receipt) concerning payment made by a certain Fatimah, 11ll. 6 Legal document (receipt) concerning payments to Fatimah, dated ?, 14ll. 7 Settlement of account concerning Fatimah, wife of Tughan, written on both sides 8 Official receipt of payments in new monies minted in copper paid to Sayf al-Din Tughan from his wife Fatimah, dated 815/1412, 10ll. 9 Legal document concerning the marital status of the daughter of Prince Sayf al-Din, dated 808/1405, 24ll. 10 Religious text mentioning the name of Sa'id ibn Hasan al-Talimsani, naskh script, 15ll. 11 Official letter of the Mamluk period, 19ll. 12 Official letter of complaint mentioning the names of Isma'il and 'Umar al-Katami, probably Fatimid, 12th century, 14ll. 13 Certificate of manumission of a slave, dated 591/1194, 22ll. 14 Official receipt of payment in new monies minted in copper owed to Prince 'Ala al-Din, dated 815/1412, 7ll. 15 Anonymous love letter, circa 12th century, 12ll. 16 Official letter, 15th century, loss of text at top, 22ll. 17 Official document relating to certain expenses, dated 702/1302, 11ll. 18 Talisman incorporating verses from the Qur'an, 23ll. 19 Letter of supplication from a slave asking his former owner to take him back since his new owner's house is dirty and hot, circa 12th century, 15ll. 20 A letter from a slave to his master relating to administrative matters, two documents, circa 13th century 21 Instructions from the Coptic Church in Arabic, dated in Coptic, 14ll. 22 Official document issued at Tripoli, dated 884/1479, and another document dated 907/1501, 6ll. 23 A letter of complaint from some students of Al-Azhar against a Turkish landowner, circa 13th century, 10ll. 24 Arabic poetry, 13th-15th century, 15ll. 25 Short love poem in prose, 13th-15th century, 3ll. 26 Letter of praise addressed to a benefactor in the hope of some financial reward, circa 13th-14th century, 14ll. 27 Document confirming a debt by three persons to their master Kashqadam ibn Abdullah al-Malaki al-Azizi, dated 842/1438, 13ll. 28 Official document mentioning the name of al-Sayyid Nasir al-Din Muhammad al-Mausul, 14th-15th century, 13ll. 29 Official document demanding the collection of funds, repeated several times, circa 15th century 30 Talisman with magical letters and numbers, circa 15th century 31 Official letter asking for money from 'Uthman ibn Umar addressed to Jawhar al-Safawi, 14th-15th century, 14ll. 32 Official document, verso with medical prescription in different hand, 14th-15th century, 8ll. 33 Offical document in Arabic, 17ll. verso with Greek text, 10ll., 12th century 34 Unidentified Arabic text, 13th-14th century, 6ll. 35 Unidentified Arabic secular text, circa 12th century, 10ll. 36 Official document mentioning the name of Ahmad ibn 'Abdullah, dated 500/1106, 11ll. 37 Official document issued by the Supreme Council (al-majlis al-'ali), dated 512/1118, 12ll. 38 Scroll with Hebrew text, circa 18th century 39 Cotton bag for talisman, circa 12th century 40 Scroll with talismans, circa 18th century 41 Talisman manuscript with diagrams, circa 18th centuryNo VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basisChristie's, auctioneer, London, UK
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Sale title : Islamic Art and Manuscripts Including Property from the Theodor Sehmer and Heidi Vollmoeller Collections and including The Clive of India Treasure
Sale date : 27 Apr 2004
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