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ATTRIBUTED TO 'UMAR AL-AQTA, TIMURID HERAT OR SAMARQAND, UZBEKISTAN, CIRCA 1400
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A LINE FROM THE 'BAYSUNGHUR QUR'AN'
ATTRIBUTED TO 'UMAR AL-AQTA, TIMURID HERAT OR SAMARQAND, UZBEKISTAN, CIRCA 1400
Qur'an XXX, surat al-rum, v. 60 (part), Arabic manuscript on buff paper, one line of bold flowing black jalil muhaqqaq, black vowelling and diacritics, laid down on card within gold and polychrome rules, plain buff margins with gold, repairs, black and red outer rules, framed and glazed
Text panel 8 ¾ x 37 ¼in. (22.1 x 94.5cm.); folio 13 ¾ x 41 3/8in. (35 x 105cm.)
ATTRIBUTED TO 'UMAR AL-AQTA, TIMURID HERAT OR SAMARQAND, UZBEKISTAN, CIRCA 1400
Qur'an XXX, surat al-rum, v. 60 (part), Arabic manuscript on buff paper, one line of bold flowing black jalil muhaqqaq, black vowelling and diacritics, laid down on card within gold and polychrome rules, plain buff margins with gold, repairs, black and red outer rules, framed and glazed
Text panel 8 ¾ x 37 ¼in. (22.1 x 94.5cm.); folio 13 ¾ x 41 3/8in. (35 x 105cm.)
Provenance
Farajullah Bahrami (d.1951), personal secretary to Reza Shah Pahlavi, and thence by descent
Brought to the United States, 1970s
Brought to the United States, 1970s
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Phoebe Jowett Smith
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