Arabic manuscript on paper, 344 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and black ink, illuminated roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in black and gold, catchwords in wide margins, occasional illuminated devices in margins, sura headings in red within illuminated panels, one double-page frontispiece in colours and gold, trimmed, tear repaired with adhesive tape, rebacked, Qajar lacquer floral binding, 165 x 110 mm.; and another small lithographed Qur'an, copied by Ahmad bin Ahmad al-Tabrizi, commentaries copied by Abdullah bin Haji Abul-Qasim Iravani, dated AH 1266/AD 1849, 166 leaves, Qajar lacquer binding 140 x 95 mm.(2)
Arabic manuscript on paper, 344 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and black ink, illuminated roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in black and gold, catchwords in wide margins, occasional illuminated devices in margins, sura headings in red within illuminated panels, one double-page frontispiece in colours and gold, trimmed, tear repaired with adhesive tape, rebacked, Qajar lacquer floral binding, 165 x 110 mm.; and another small lithographed Qur'an, copied by Ahmad bin Ahmad al-Tabrizi, commentaries copied by Abdullah bin Haji Abul-Qasim Iravani, dated AH 1266/AD 1849, 166 leaves, Qajar lacquer binding 140 x 95 mm.(2)
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