Type: Text / Date range: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1750">1750 CE</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1756">1756 CE</span> / Holding institution: Penn Museum / Collection: Near Eastern Museum (Penn) - Digital Library of the Middle East

Start Over Type Text Date range 1750 CE to 1756 CE Holding institution Penn Museum Collection Near Eastern Museum (Penn)

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Description:: 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.

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