Small prayer book, Ottoman Empire, 19th century, signed Na'ili Manuscript on paper of 29 folios copied with 9 lines of text per page in naskhi Arabic in black ink, some titles in red ink. Introduced by a sarlow frontispiece illuminated in gold and polychrome with a lambrequin trimmed with bifid palmettes. In the text, several gold illuminations: phrases separated by gilded discs, Bismillahs surmounted by a gilded tchi cloud and titles inscribed in cartouches flanked by gilded scrolls, as is the triangular colophon. The latter gives the name of the copyist Na'ili. The text begins with Sura LVI of the Qur'an, al-Waaqia, and is followed by several prayers, including words by Shaykh 'Abd el-Qader al-Jilânî. Bound in an embossed floral design with scrolls. Binding size: 15.7 x 10.8 cm Stains, wormholes, small tears, restorations, worn binding, restored and probably replaced. 'Abd el-Qader al-Jilani (1078-1166), whose words are transcribed at the end of this work, was a Sufi sheikh and preacher who founded the eponymous Qadiriyya brotherhood.