QUR'AN
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SIGNED ABU AL-HASAN MAHMUD AL-HASANI AL-HARAWI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 933/1526-7 AD

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QUR'AN
SIGNED ABU AL-HASAN MAHMUD AL-HASANI AL-HARAWI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 933/1526-7 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 326ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of text, the first, middle and last lines in black or gold thuluth, some in muhaqqaq and tawqi', the rest in smaller black naskh, within gold, black and blue rules, gold roundel verse markers, marginal markers in red naskh, sura headings in red or gold, gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolium, in gilt stamped brown morocco binding, some juz's with stamp of Banu Sultanim Shams daughter of Muhammad Baqir Khoja AH 1106/1696 AD
Text panel 5 5/8 x 3 5/8in. (14.4 x 9.3cm.); folio 8 1/8 x 5¾in. (20.7 x 14.8cm.)

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