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The colophon of this manuscript states that it was made for Mirza Aqa, the Sahib al-Diwan of Fath 'Ali Shah.
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QAJAR IRAN, DATED 12 JUMADA II AH 1276/6 JANUARY 1860 AD
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A MINIATURE QUR'AN
QAJAR IRAN, DATED 12 JUMADA II AH 1276/6 JANUARY 1860 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 220ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 18ll. of black naskh with gold clouds between the lines, gold and polychrome verse roundels, sura headings in red on gold ground, catchwords, the outer upper corner of every page with gold and polychrome cusped medallions containing the name of the sura, the start of each juz' marked with gold and polychrome illuminated margins, the opening illuminated fihrist in a diamond lattice, followed by a fully illuminated bifolio with prayers contained inside large cusped medallions, the following bifolio with illuminated headpiece and margins with text in white clouds reserved against gold ground, the final two suras at the end of the Qur'an with similar illumination, followed by two bifolios of prayers and a dedication text each within cusped medallions on illuminated ground, in contemporaneous floral lacquer binding
Text panel 3¼ x 1¾in. (8.3 x 4.4cm.); folio 4¼ x 2½in. (10.8 x 6.5cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, DATED 12 JUMADA II AH 1276/6 JANUARY 1860 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 220ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 18ll. of black naskh with gold clouds between the lines, gold and polychrome verse roundels, sura headings in red on gold ground, catchwords, the outer upper corner of every page with gold and polychrome cusped medallions containing the name of the sura, the start of each juz' marked with gold and polychrome illuminated margins, the opening illuminated fihrist in a diamond lattice, followed by a fully illuminated bifolio with prayers contained inside large cusped medallions, the following bifolio with illuminated headpiece and margins with text in white clouds reserved against gold ground, the final two suras at the end of the Qur'an with similar illumination, followed by two bifolios of prayers and a dedication text each within cusped medallions on illuminated ground, in contemporaneous floral lacquer binding
Text panel 3¼ x 1¾in. (8.3 x 4.4cm.); folio 4¼ x 2½in. (10.8 x 6.5cm.)
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Please note that this lot is incorrectly illustrated in the catalogue image. The correct image is that labelled 124. It is correct online.
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