A very large Qu'ran section signed 'Uthman bin 'Ali Al-Zuhdi...
A very large Qu'ran section signed 'Uthman bin 'Ali Al-Zuhdi Alsamawi a student of Yufus Al-Hilmi Alaqshari, Ottoman Turkey, dated 1297AH/1879-80AD, from Qur'an LXXII (sura al-jinn), v.12 to the end, Arabic manuscript on paper, 21ff., each folio with 13ll. of large black naskh script, with gold roundel verse markers with polychrome highlights, sura headings in green thuluth script within illuminated cartouches, text within red and black-ruled gold frame, with catchwords, colophon signed, dated and illuminated, in green paper binding, text panel 40.8 x 26.4cm.; folio 54.4 x 37.5cm. Provenance: Christie's, South Kensington, 10 October 2014, lot 350.
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A very large Qu'ran section signed 'Uthman bin 'Ali Al-Zuhdi Alsamawi a student of Yufus Al-Hilmi Alaqshari, Ottoman Turkey, dated 1297AH/1879-80AD, from Qur'an LXXII (sura al-jinn), v.12 to the end, Arabic manuscript on paper, 21ff., each folio with 13ll. of large black naskh script, with gold roundel verse markers with polychrome highlights, sura headings in green thuluth script within illuminated cartouches, text within red and black-ruled gold frame, with catchwords, colophon signed, dated and illuminated, in green paper binding, text panel 40.8 x 26.4cm.; folio 54.4 x 37.5cm. Provenance: Christie's, South Kensington, 10 October 2014, lot 350.
