AN INDIAN ROYAL QUR'AN, A CHARMING GIFT FROM A KING TO HIS P...

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£200,000 - £300,000

AN INDIAN ROYAL QUR'AN, A CHARMING GIFT FROM A KING TO HIS PRINCE, FROM FARIDUN SHAH TO PRINCE SAYYID AHMAD ALI MIRZA Arabic manuscript on paper, 287 leaves, 17 lines of black naskh script, vocalisation in black, punctuation in red ink, gold and polyychrome florish roundels between verses, texts in clouds reserved on gold ground, first, middle and last lines in rectangular cartouches,on gold ground and blue arrow chain style framed, each pages densely illuminated, marginal diagonal nastaliq script commentaries in frames, juz indicator at the top right corner in red ink, at the left top corner sura names in red, sura headings written in blue thuluth reserved on gold ground arranged in gold and blue rectangular floral cartouches, opening bifolio with an elaborate seal impression compose of the names of the Prophet Muhammad and the Twelve Imams, and an ownership seal impression, last page with the same seal impression and a Persian inscription, five bifolio with lavishly floral illumination in gold and polychrome, modern European-style leather binding, stamped and gilted, decoration of floral and vegetal motifs, doublured with marbled paper
Dimensions 26,5 x 14,7 cm