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A QUR'AN FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE OTTOMAN SULTAN ABDUL HAMID (1293-1327/1876-1909)

QUR'AN

COPIED IN MECCA, AH 1200/1785-6 AD

Details

QUR'AN
Copied in Mecca, AH 1200/1785-6 AD
Manuscript on cream paper, 307ff. with 15ll. of black naskh, gold roundels between verses, sura headings in white on gold panels, text outlined with gold, gold marginal medallions marking every fifth and tenth verse, other marginal medallions marking juz divisions, opening illuminated bifolium, final folio with colophon within circular cartouche on illuminated panels, signed by the scribe Ibrahim Namiq the pupil of Mustafa al-Musafa the pupil of Dervish 'Ali and dated 1200, in original maroon morocco binding with flap and slip case with gold floral decoration, sold together with a note written by Abdul Kadir son of Sultan Abdul Hamid
Folio 8 x 5¼in. (20 x 13.2cm.)

Provenance

Formerly in the library of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid

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Lot Essay

This Qur'an is sold with a note written by Abdul Kadir the son of the Sultan Abdul Hamid stating in French that this Qur'an is from the library of his father.
The colophon, in addition to giving a genealogy of the scribe says that the manuscript was copied in the haramat al-nabi, in other words in Mecca. It is for this reason, perhaps, that this relatively modest Qur'an found its way into the library of the Ottoman Sultan.

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