Lot Essay
Allahabad was a town of some importance in the 18th century, and was conquered by the Mahrattas in 1736.
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MUGHAL INDIA, 3 RAMADAN 1130-5 RAMADAN 1132/31 JULY 1718-11 JULY 1720 AD
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Mughal India, 3 Ramadan 1130-5 Ramadan 1132/31 July 1718-11 July 1720 AD
Manuscript on green painted cloth, the whole Qur'an written in tiny black naskh, verses marked in black within red roundels, sura headings in red thuluth, five large roundels with the basmallah written in black on gold roundels with gold and polychrome floral illumination, three du'a at the end of the Qur'an and colophon stating that the calligrapher Munshi 'Abd Khani al-Qaderi began this Qur'an on 3 Ramadan 1130 and completed it on 5 Ramadan 1132 and it was presented to its patron Amir 'Abdallah of Allahabad, floral outer border
95 x 44in. (241.4 x 111.8cm.)
Mughal India, 3 Ramadan 1130-5 Ramadan 1132/31 July 1718-11 July 1720 AD
Manuscript on green painted cloth, the whole Qur'an written in tiny black naskh, verses marked in black within red roundels, sura headings in red thuluth, five large roundels with the basmallah written in black on gold roundels with gold and polychrome floral illumination, three du'a at the end of the Qur'an and colophon stating that the calligrapher Munshi 'Abd Khani al-Qaderi began this Qur'an on 3 Ramadan 1130 and completed it on 5 Ramadan 1132 and it was presented to its patron Amir 'Abdallah of Allahabad, floral outer border
95 x 44in. (241.4 x 111.8cm.)
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