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A FINE QUR'AN FORMERLY IN THE POSSESSION OF ANIS AL-DOWLEH, WIFE OF NASIR AL-DIN SHAH

LARGE QUR'AN

QAJAR IRAN, AH 1272/1855-6 AD

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LARGE QUR'AN
Qajar Iran, AH 1272/1855-6 AD
Manuscript on cream paper, 269ff. with 14ll. of black naskh within gold clouds highlighted with floral motifs, red Persian interlinear translation, gold rosettes between verses, sura headings in gold on blue panels with gold and polychrome floral illuminated spandrels, similarly illuminated marginal medallions, marginal commentary in black shikasteh within gold clouds, very fine illuminated bifolio with opening sura of the Qur'an preceded by two further illuminated bifolios with prayers and the list of the suwar, final folio with dedicatory inscription to Mirza 'Ali Muhammad Khan, erased with gold paint, colophon signed Mirza Muhammad Sadiq al-Husayni al-Yazdi and dated 1272, seal impressions of waqf of Anis al-Dowleh throughout the text, very good condition, in original floral lacquer binding with floral decoration and calligraphic border of verses from the Qur'an, dated 1271, doublures with prayers and talismanic squares in gold and black
Folio 12¼ x 8¾in. (33.9 x 22.5cm.); 9 x 5¼in. (22.8 x 14cm.)

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拍品專文

This lavishly illuminated Qur'an was made for one Mirza 'Ali Muhammad Khan, according to an inscription on the last folio, now erased by gold paint. He was the son of 'Abdallah Khan Amin al-Mulk, the husband of Khorshid Kolah Khanum, the 42nd daughter of Fath 'Ali Shah. An opponent of Muhammad Shah, he fled to Iraq after the Shah's death in fear of his life.
Bamdad, M.: Dictionary of National Biography of Iran, Vol. II, Tehran, 1966, pp. 483-4
Another Qur'an with similar illumination copied by the same calligrapher was sold in these rooms, 21 November, 1986, lot 95.