AN OTTOMAN HIJAZA IN THREE PARTS Ottoman Turkey, dated 1287 AH (1871 - 2) first two sections signed Yusuf Zia ud Din, the third signed Mustafa Showkat Arabic commentary manuscript in three sections, in black ink on beige paper, 26ff., each folio with 15ll., the first two sections in Ottoman-style nasta’liq script, the third in naskh, the opening folio of each section illuminated in gold and polychromes, within gold, black, and red ruling, gold points, most names in red ink, bound in green plastified paper embossed with vegetal motifs, the cover pasted with white paper inscribed ‘Ali Reza Afandi Be Osman Bazari’, the third section presenting a different hand, script and signature and not bound together with the first two section, possibly added later and belonging to a different manuscript, the text panel 13cm x 6.5cm and the folio 20cm x 13.5cm.