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SIGNED 'ALI BIN MUSTAFA KNOWN AS BAQAN AL-YAJI ZADEH A STUDENT OF MUHAMMAD EFENDI DALLAK ZADEH, AINTAB (GAZIANTEP), OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 27 SHA'BAN AH 1273/23 MARCH 1857 AD

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QUR'AN
SIGNED 'ALI BIN MUSTAFA KNOWN AS BAQAN AL-YAJI ZADEH A STUDENT OF MUHAMMAD EFENDI DALLAK ZADEH, AINTAB (GAZIANTEP), OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 27 SHA'BAN AH 1273/23 MARCH 1857 AD
Arabic manuscript on blue paper, 353ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 17ll. of black naskh, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, sura headings in white naskh on gold ground within cartouches, text within red, blue and black-ruled gold frame, with catchwords, illuminated opening bifolio, colophon stating that this is the 15th copy of the scribe, followed by prayers, in stamped morocco binding with flap
Text panel 5 1/8 x 2¼in. (12.8 x 5.7cm.); folio 7¾ x 4½in. (19.5 x 11.5cm.)

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