A QAJAR QUR’AN SIGNED MOHAMMAD AL-ISFAHANI Qajar Iran, dated 12
A QAJAR QUR’AN SIGNED MOHAMMAD AL-ISFAHANI
Qajar Iran,
Arabic text on polished paper, composed of 268 leaves, 1 fly leaf, 15 lines to the page, strong black naskh, interlinear red nasta'liq Persian translation in shikasteh script; inner margins ruled with a gilt fillet, gilded rosettes as verse markers, extensive marginal notes, marginal medallions marking hizb, nisf and juz', khams, titles in red within gilded cartouches. Opening bifolio sarlawh illuminated with arabesques within gilded and cobalt-blue lobed reserves, within a red-ruled composition. Contemporary lacquered binding decorated with flowers. Waqf inscription dated 1296 AH (1879 AD) and ex-voto inscription dated 1320 AH at the front page.
According to the colophon, this manuscript is the 135th Qur’an copied by the scribe. Two further Qur’ans by the same hand, dated AH 1192/1778–79 AD and AH 1216/1801–02 AD, are preserved in the Gulistan Palace Library. His 114th Qur’an, dated AH 1215/1800–01 AD, is recorded in the collection of Khanom Azar Mahdavi (Mehdi Bayani, Ahval va Asar-e Khosh-Nevisan, Tehran, 1346 sh., pp. 1187–1188) and his 130th has been auctioned by Christie's London, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 20 October 2016, lot 74.
29.5cm x 20cm x 4cm
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A QAJAR QUR’AN SIGNED MOHAMMAD AL-ISFAHANI
Qajar Iran,
Arabic text on polished paper, composed of 268 leaves, 1 fly leaf, 15 lines to the page, strong black naskh, interlinear red nasta'liq Persian translation in shikasteh script; inner margins ruled with a gilt fillet, gilded rosettes as verse markers, extensive marginal notes, marginal medallions marking hizb, nisf and juz', khams, titles in red within gilded cartouches. Opening bifolio sarlawh illuminated with arabesques within gilded and cobalt-blue lobed reserves, within a red-ruled composition. Contemporary lacquered binding decorated with flowers. Waqf inscription dated 1296 AH (1879 AD) and ex-voto inscription dated 1320 AH at the front page.
According to the colophon, this manuscript is the 135th Qur’an copied by the scribe. Two further Qur’ans by the same hand, dated AH 1192/1778–79 AD and AH 1216/1801–02 AD, are preserved in the Gulistan Palace Library. His 114th Qur’an, dated AH 1215/1800–01 AD, is recorded in the collection of Khanom Azar Mahdavi (Mehdi Bayani, Ahval va Asar-e Khosh-Nevisan, Tehran, 1346 sh., pp. 1187–1188) and his 130th has been auctioned by Christie's London, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 20 October 2016, lot 74.
29.5cm x 20cm x 4cm
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Time, Location
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