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A large illuminated Qur'an, copied by Turab ibn Mulla Ahmad 'Ali Muhammad al-Talqani Qajar Persia, dated Monday 3rd Shawwal 1316/14th February 1899

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A large illuminated Qur'an, copied by Turab ibn Mulla Ahmad 'Ali Muhammad al-Talqani
Qajar Persia, dated Monday 3rd Shawwal 1316/14th February 1899

£ 8,000 - 12,000
US$ 10,000 - 15,000

Islamic and Indian Art Including The Lion and the Sun, Art from Qajar Persia

30 Apr 2019, 11:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

A large illuminated Qur'an, copied by Turab ibn Mulla Ahmad 'Ali Muhammad al-Talqani
Qajar Persia, dated Monday 3rd Shawwal 1316/14th February 1899
Arabic manuscript on paper, 262 leaves, 17 lines to the page written in clear and disciplined naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, gold roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, sura headings written in thuluth in red within illuminated panels, catchwords, illuminated devices in wide outer margins, one illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, ownership inscription on front flyleaf dated AH 1338/AD 1919, contemporary floral lacquer binding
345 x 220 mm.

Footnotes

  • On the front flyleaf there is a birth note registering the birth of a grandchild to Husain Ihya' al-Saltanah on 1st Rabi' I 1338/24th November 1919. The note itself was written six days later on 7th Rabi' I 1338/30th November 1919. Husain Ihya' al-Saltanah (d. 1930) was a physician of the late Qajar and early Pahlavi periods, a member of Parliament and overseer of Public Health Services. Under Reza Shah Pahlavi, he was known as Dr Bahrami.
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A large illuminated Qur'an, copied by Turab ibn Mulla Ahmad 'Ali Muhammad al-Talqani Qajar Persia, dated Monday 3rd Shawwal 1316/14th February 1899
A large illuminated Qur'an, copied by Turab ibn Mulla Ahmad 'Ali Muhammad al-Talqani Qajar Persia, dated Monday 3rd Shawwal 1316/14th February 1899
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