Turkish and Arabic manuscript.- Ashab-i Badr [a Treatise on the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad in the Battle of Badr], Ottoman Turkish and Arabic manuscript on cream coloured paper, 34ff., text written in 9 lines to the page in single and double columns of clear naskhi script, significant words picked out in red ink,catchwords in wide outer borders, one illuminated headpiece in blue, red and gold, the names of the companions listed alphabetically and incorporated diagonally within 27 tables, 5pp. blank in middle, broken and almost detached from binding, contemporary reddish brown morocco gilt, 8vo (121 x 72mm.] Ottoman Turkey, [late 18th/early 19th century].