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SIGNED AHMAD AL-RUMADI (?), COMOROS ISLANDS, DATE SAFAR AH 1240/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1824 AD
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HALF QUR'AN
SIGNED AHMAD AL-RUMADI (?), COMOROS ISLANDS, DATE SAFAR AH 1240/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1824 AD
Part II, Arabic manuscript on paper, 470ff plus 1 fly-leaf, each folio with 9ll. of black rounded naskh script, with polychrome roundel verse markers, sura headings in gold script within illuminated cartouches, first words of each sura often in oversized bold script, text within gold and purple double frame, the name of the Prophet Muhammad in large bold script, catchwords, opening bifolio with floral illuminated cartouches, final folio with diagram, in brown morocco binding with flap, some folios loose in binding
Text panel 10 x 4¾in. (25.2 x 12cm.); folio 13½ x 8 3/8in. (33.7 x 21.4cm.)
SIGNED AHMAD AL-RUMADI (?), COMOROS ISLANDS, DATE SAFAR AH 1240/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1824 AD
Part II, Arabic manuscript on paper, 470ff plus 1 fly-leaf, each folio with 9ll. of black rounded naskh script, with polychrome roundel verse markers, sura headings in gold script within illuminated cartouches, first words of each sura often in oversized bold script, text within gold and purple double frame, the name of the Prophet Muhammad in large bold script, catchwords, opening bifolio with floral illuminated cartouches, final folio with diagram, in brown morocco binding with flap, some folios loose in binding
Text panel 10 x 4¾in. (25.2 x 12cm.); folio 13½ x 8 3/8in. (33.7 x 21.4cm.)