A complete Qur'an in 30 volumes, copied by Mahmud ibn Sabir, China, Yunnan, dated end of Safar 1103 AH/October-November 1691 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 30 volumes, 5 lines to the page, written in Sini script in black ink, verses separated by gold florets, surah headings in gold and coloured cursive script amidst floral and foliate scrolls on polychrome panels, text within double red rules, occasional marginal notes, catchwords, the first juz' with an illuminated shamsa on the first page, the opening and final double pages of each juz' with illuminated rectangular panels comprising three lines of text, the borders of the panels decorated with floral and geometric gold motifs, in stamped leather binding, with flap

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28 by 20.5cm.

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