Bonhams: Islamic and Indian Art, 31075, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025
Page Size: 49 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Pir Muhammad ibn Piri Ahmad bin Khalil, Kitab Anis al-'Arifin

Pir Muhammad ibn Piri Ahmad bin Khalil, Kitab Anis al-'Arifin, on poetry

Ottoman Turkey, AH 995/AD 1586-87 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
2

An illuminated collection of prayers, including al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat, with two illustrations of Mecca and Medina

North India, Kashmir 18th-19th Century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,048.00
3

A small illuminated Qur'an

Qajar Persia 19th Century GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 2,304.00
4 Mullah Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi Majlisi,

Mullah Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi Majlisi, Kitab Zad al-Ma'ad (Provisions for the Hereafter), copied by 'Abd al-Wahab

Qajar Persia, AH 1250/AD 1834-35 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
5

A large calligraphic panel with two lines in the style of the 'Baysunghur' Qur'an

Persia 19th/20th Century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,792.00
6 copied by Muhammad Sadiq al-Husaini al-Yazdi

Twenty-nine illuminated Qur'an ajza', copied by Muhammad Sadiq al-Husaini al-Yazdi

Qajar Persia, AH 1243/AD 1827-28 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
7 copied by Sulayman, known as Hikmati

An illuminated Ruzname (almanac or calendar), in scroll form, copied by Sulayman, known as Hikmati

Ottoman Turkey, late 18th/early 19th Century GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,536.00
8 al-Hajj Ahmad Kamal

A large illuminated Hilyeh, signed by al-Hajj Ahmad Kamal

Near East or Turkey 20th Century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,664.00
9

Two illuminated calligrapher's diplomas (ijazeh)

Ottoman Turkey, AH 1269/AD 1852-53 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 960.00
10

An illuminated calligraphic panel (qit'a)

Ottoman Turkey 18th Century GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,024.00
11 copied by 'Abdullah al-Yazdi

A Safavid illuminated Qur'an, copied by 'Abdullah al-Yazdi

Persia, late 17th Century GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
12

A small Safavid illuminated Qur'an

Persia 17th-18th Century GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,304.00
13

A scene from a historical narrative, depicting a gathering of noblemen outside the walls of a moated palace, with a party of ladies picknicking in a garden within

Ottoman, probably Baghdad 16th Century GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
14 Muzaffar Muhammad Qasim al-Gunabadi

Muzaffar Muhammad Qasim al-Gunabadi, Tanbihat al-Munajjimin, a Turkish translation of a Persian astrological manual, copied by Hajj 'Umar

Ottoman Turkey, between 18th Muharram and 11 Safar 1179/7th-30th July 1765 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,536.00
15 copied by Shaykh Sayyid Mustafa Badr al-Din

Two sections from a calligraphic genealogical scroll (silsilename), copied by Shaykh Sayyid Mustafa Badr al-Din

Ottoman Turkey, AH 1199/1784-85 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
16 opied by al-Hajj Ahmad al-Kamil

A fine, large calligraphic composition, copied by al-Hajj Ahmad al-Kamil (1868-1941), in a carved wood frame signed by the maker, Kalkandelenli Halid

Ottoman and Republican Turkey AH 1344/AD 1926 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 57,550.00
17 , attributed to 'Abdullah Bokhari

A couple in an erotic embrace, attributed to 'Abdullah Bokhari

Ottoman Turkey, mid-18th Century GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 17,920.00
18

An illuminated Qur'an

Kashmir, late 18th Century GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,560.00
19 copied by by Abi'l-Qasim bin 'Abd al-Jawad al-Nayrizi, by the order of Muhammad Zaki Khan Nuri

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by by Abi'l-Qasim bin 'Abd al-Jawad al-Nayrizi, by the order of Muhammad Zaki Khan Nuri

Qajar Persia, Safar 1227/February-March 1812 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
20 copied by Amir 'Abd al-Hamid Bahreyni

A manuscript in scroll form on astronomy, calendars and the astrolabe, copied by Amir 'Abd al-Hamid Bahreyni

Persia Ramadan 1215/January-February 1801 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 16,640.00
87A Carsten Niebuhr,

Carsten Niebuhr, Description de L'Arabie, translated from the German by Mourier

Copenhagen, 1773 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
127 Collection Henri Moser-Charlottenfels,

Collection Henri Moser-Charlottenfels, Oriental Arms and Armour

Leipzig, 1912 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,040.00
167 General Sir Eyre Coote

A collection of letters relating to General Sir Eyre Coote (1726-83), the East India Company Commander-in-Chief, and the political situation in Mysore

Lucknow, and England 1780 and later GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 19,200.00
168 Tippoo Sultaun

Official Documents relative to the Negotiations carried on by Tippoo Sultaun with the French Nation, and other Foreign States, for Purposes Hostile to the British Nation

Calcutta, 1799 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 6,400.00
179 Captain Charles Gold

Captain Charles Gold, Oriental Drawings: Sketched between the Years 1791 and 1798, twelve aquatint plates

London, 1806 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
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