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Lot Essay
The 14th juz' and the 21st juz' from this Qur'an are respectively in the Kuwait National Museum (M. Jenkins, Islamic Art in the Kuwait National Museum, London, 1983, p.134) and in the Nasser D. Khalili collection (D. James, After Timur, London, 1992, p.206, fig.49). Another juz' from the same Qur'an, which bore the signature of 'Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Muqalla' and the date of Jumada I AH 979 was sold in these Rooms, 31 March 2009, lot 51. This scribe signed two other Qur'ans now in the Nasser D. Khalili and in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul (James, op.cit., p.212, fig.51).
There has been a debate as to the correct attribution for this manuscript. Many have claimed that it is in fact Ottoman rather than Safavid. The interesting slightly faded waqf inscription on another juz' from this manuscript states that it was donated by awlad Muhammad Agha [bin]Yusuf-Zadeh. The spelling of the title agha in this case is the Ottoman spelling with a 'ghayn' rather than a qaf suggesting the donor was Turkic and therefore pointing towards a possible Ottoman attribution. The form of the naskh however is not typically Ottoman in style, suggesting manufacture in a Turkic area in North Western Iran rather than Ottoman Turkey.
There has been a debate as to the correct attribution for this manuscript. Many have claimed that it is in fact Ottoman rather than Safavid. The interesting slightly faded waqf inscription on another juz' from this manuscript states that it was donated by awlad Muhammad Agha [bin]Yusuf-Zadeh. The spelling of the title agha in this case is the Ottoman spelling with a 'ghayn' rather than a qaf suggesting the donor was Turkic and therefore pointing towards a possible Ottoman attribution. The form of the naskh however is not typically Ottoman in style, suggesting manufacture in a Turkic area in North Western Iran rather than Ottoman Turkey.