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A RARE RELIGIOUS WORK ON THE QUR'AN
IRAN, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Arranged by groups of verses according to the invocations they contain (al-hamdulillah, subhanullah, istaghfarullah, ..) and divided in chapters to be read during the days of the week, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 66 ff., ten fly-leaves, 12ll. of elegant black naskh to the page, titles and important words in red, with gold roundel verse markers, text within black and gold rules, with occasional marginal notes, catchwords, opening folio with seal impression of the ambassador (safir) 'Abbas Quli Khan dated AH 1271 and ownership inscription, added illuminated headpiece, in soft stamped morocco
Text panel 5 1/8 x 2 5/8in. (13 x 6.6cm.); folio 6 7/8 x 4 ¼in. (17.4 x 10.9cm.)