An illuminated Qur'an, Husain al-Zahidi, a pupil of Ahmad al-Nazifi, Ottoman Turkey, dated AH [1]269/AD 1852-53

Arabic manuscript on paper, 303 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, gold discs marking verse-endings, inner margins ruled in black, red and gold, catchwords, illuminated devices in wide outer margins, sura headings written in naskhi script in white on a gold ground, one double-page illuminated frontispiece, colophon within an illuminated cartouche, dark red morocco with stamped central medallions and cornerpieces, spine rebacked
199 x 135 mm.

Provenance
The estate of a distinguished Iranian academic, California, USA.