Harar, East Africa, 19th century AD. A leather-bound manuscript with cloth spine, laid paper pages, rectangular blocks of nastaliq text in black ink with red ink ornament and marginalia; some transverse notations in a different hand, title page with ornamental layout; a Tafsir text with exegetic treatment of the Qur'an. 1.05 kg, 22.5cm (8 3/4"). Ex central London gallery; acquired from the UK trade, 2010. [No Reserve] Condition Report Fine condition.