QUR'AN QAJAR IRAN, RAJAB AH 1232/MAY-JUNE 1817 AD Manuscript on paper, 265+2+2ff., with 15ll. of clear black naskh in clouds reserved against gold ground, gold verse markers, sura headings in alternating blue or red riqa' on gold ground with blue illuminated panels, marginal juz' and half- juz' markers with gold riqa' on blue ground, marginal hizb markers with gold riqa' on red ground, opening double-page illumination with gold and polychrome floral arabesques on light blue, colophon signed Muhammad yar Saliyani in the Citadel of Darband, Rajab AH 1232/MAY-JUNE 1817 AD, name of patron given as Shaykh'ali Khan, lacquer binding Folio 7½ x 4¼in. (18.9 x 10.6cm.)
QUR'AN QAJAR IRAN, RAJAB AH 1232/MAY-JUNE 1817 AD Manuscript on paper, 265+2+2ff., with 15ll. of clear black naskh in clouds reserved against gold ground, gold verse markers, sura headings in alternating blue or red riqa' on gold ground with blue illuminated panels, marginal juz' and half- juz' markers with gold riqa' on blue ground, marginal hizb markers with gold riqa' on red ground, opening double-page illumination with gold and polychrome floral arabesques on light blue, colophon signed Muhammad yar Saliyani in the Citadel of Darband, Rajab AH 1232/MAY-JUNE 1817 AD, name of patron given as Shaykh'ali Khan, lacquer binding Folio 7½ x 4¼in. (18.9 x 10.6cm.)
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