Indian lithographic printing
Collection of works on Islam, 19th and early 20th century
£378
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
[Ahmadiyah Islam]. The Baharin-i-Ahmadiyah ... (Discourses upon the Divine Origin of the Holy Quran, and Apostleship of Mahamad, the Prophet of Islam,) by Mirza Gulam Ahmad Sahib, Chief of Qadian, Gurdaspore District, Punjab. Amritsar: Safi-i-Hind Press, 1880. 4to, original wrappers (with title in Urdu to front and English to rear wrapper), cloth backstrip, pp. 84-136 (collation not established: this apparently a large fragment), main text in Urdu;
Ghazali, Abu Hamid al- (1058-1111 CE). Madhaq al-'arifin. Tarjumah Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din [i.e. Revival of the Religious Sciences, in Urdu]. [Lucknow:] Munshi Nawal Kishore, 1900. Volume 1 only (of 4?), 4to, contemporary half leather, text in Urdu;
[Kirmani, Nasir al-Din al-. Kanz-i Farisi ['The Persian Treasury']. Lucknow: Munshi Nawal Kishore, 1886. Large 8vo, contemporary half leather, 292 pp., in Persian, probably on Shi'ite theology and religious practice, worming at pp. 150-200;
[Panipati, Qadi Thana' Allah., c.1730-1810 CE]. Ma la budda minhu ['What is Necessary', on Hanafi fiqh]. Kanpur: Matba' Qayyumi, 1342 AH [1923/4 CE]. 8vo, contemporary half cloth, 208 pp., worming;
Lajpuri, Marghub Ahmad. Tawhid al-Islam ['The Unity of Islam']. Delhi, 1919. 8vo, contemporary half cloth, 96 pp., in Urdu;
and 11 others similar, including Maulvi Muhammad Fayruz al-Din, Tafsir Fayruzi, Sialkot: Matba' Mufid-i 'Am, c.1900 (4to, title-page repaired), [Unknown author], al-Ma'mun, Delhi: Fadl-i Matabi', 1915 (a biography of Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun, series title at head of title-page reads 'Royal Heroes of Islam', transliterated into Urdu), another edition of Ma La Budda Minhu, etc., various bindings and formats