Coran enluminé, Inde du Nord, probablement Afghanistan XIXe siècle An...
PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Coran enluminé, Inde du Nord, probablement Afghanistan XIXe siècle
An illuminated Qur'an, North India, probably Afghanistan, 19th Century
Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 12 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink within gold cloudbands, with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, interlinear Persian translation written in small nasta'liq script in red, interlinear rules in gold, inner margins ruled in gold, red and blue, gold roundels marking verse-endings, sura headings written in naskhi script in white on a gold ground, one double-page illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, preceded by a double page of illumination with each page comprising a roundel with naskhi script in white on a gold ground surrounded by profuse stylised floral motifs, one page at end with a note in cursive written by an early 20th Century owner, Kashmiri painted lacquer binding, outer covers with attractive stylised flowering tree, inner covers with flower-filled medallions, with flap
200 x 130 mm.
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Property from a Royal Collection.
The note in cursive at the end of the manuscript has many idiosyncratic, local spelling mistakes, and was written by Muzaffar Khan, Governor (wali) of Maymanah, son of Mir Hukumat Khan. He endowed the manuscript to his children on 7 Shawwal 1325/12th November 1907 and requested them to read it daily. The seal impression (not fully deciphered) bears the name Muzaffar, presumably the same Muzaffar Khan. Maymanah is the present-day capital of Faryab province in northwestern Afghanistan.
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PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Coran enluminé, Inde du Nord, probablement Afghanistan XIXe siècle
An illuminated Qur'an, North India, probably Afghanistan, 19th Century
Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 12 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink within gold cloudbands, with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, interlinear Persian translation written in small nasta'liq script in red, interlinear rules in gold, inner margins ruled in gold, red and blue, gold roundels marking verse-endings, sura headings written in naskhi script in white on a gold ground, one double-page illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, preceded by a double page of illumination with each page comprising a roundel with naskhi script in white on a gold ground surrounded by profuse stylised floral motifs, one page at end with a note in cursive written by an early 20th Century owner, Kashmiri painted lacquer binding, outer covers with attractive stylised flowering tree, inner covers with flower-filled medallions, with flap
200 x 130 mm.
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
The note in cursive at the end of the manuscript has many idiosyncratic, local spelling mistakes, and was written by Muzaffar Khan, Governor (wali) of Maymanah, son of Mir Hukumat Khan. He endowed the manuscript to his children on 7 Shawwal 1325/12th November 1907 and requested them to read it daily. The seal impression (not fully deciphered) bears the name Muzaffar, presumably the same Muzaffar Khan. Maymanah is the present-day capital of Faryab province in northwestern Afghanistan.
