A MASSIVE QAJAR QUR’AN SET IN A WOODEN CONTEMPORANEOUS BOX ...

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£15,000 - £20,000

A MASSIVE QAJAR QUR’AN SET IN A WOODEN CONTEMPORANEOUS BOX
MUHARRAM 1319AH/ MAY 1901AD

DEDICATED TO SARDAR-I AKRAM ABDULLAH KHAN KARAGOZLU

SIGNED BY MUHAMMAD HASSAN AL HAMDANI Arabic manuscript on paper, 595 pages,14 lines of black naskh script, Persian interlinear translation in red fine nas’taliq script, gold roundels between each verse, black nas’taliq marginal commentaries setin diagonally and horizontally, each page with three gold illuminated cartouches inscribe in red thuluth sura name at the top, page number and juz number, marginal gold and polychrome elegant cartouches with central inscription, sura headings in red thuluth reserved on gold ground set in rectangular gold and polychrome rectangular cartouches, text outlined with gold an blue, finely illuminated opening bifolio with six lines text sandwiched between red thuluth cartouches at the top and below, marginal flowering branches in gold and polychrome, framed with bole red, lapis blue and black, characteristic Qajar lacquered binding, within similar design Qajar contemporaneous lacquer wooden box, plain red interior,

Qur’an 33 x 21,5 cm
box 38 x 25,5 x 13 cm