Arabic Koran. Size 12.5 x 8.5 in and 9.5 x 6 in. Folios 294. Written in late mediocre Naskhi. 14 lines to a page. Well decorated. 6 immams. Gold and colors ruled margins. Gold titles. Cream colored paper. Handsome lacquer binding ornamented with flowers. Contents: complete text of koran.Notes : f49a: there is mentioned in margin 1170 A.D. = 1756 A.D.f293b: a Muslim prayer in Persian, of the Shia (Shiites) sect. Consequently this copy of the Koran was written by a Persian calligrapher, in Persia, and before 1756 A.D.
No miniatures. 2 headings. Green binding. Panj Ganj by Jami. Written in Nastaliq. 19 lines to a page in four columns. Six unwans. Gold ruled margins, red titles. Cream colored paper. Leather binding-outside is green, inside red embossed with gold. Contents: Panj Ganj or"Five Treasures"-five poems of the great Persian poet Nir ad-Din Abdarraham Jami (1414-1492 A.D.) Stamps with names at the end of the book. page 2b-3a prose preface. page 3b-27b Tuhfat al Ahrar or A Gift to the Free, a religious poem. page 53-13J Subhat al-Abrar or the the Rosary of the Righteous, a religious poem. page 139-269 Yusuf wa Zulaikha, a poetical story of Joseph. page 251-355 Laila wa Majnun, love story. page 179b-211b Khizad Namahi Iskandarhi or The book of Wisdom of Alexander (the Great) a mystic poem.