Arabic MS 789 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

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Summary of Contents: A large and square volume of the Qurʾan, written in large Naskhi characters. With illuminated headings and ornamental decorations. Copied in 874 AH, that is, 1469 CE.
Title: al-Qurʾān
Title: القران
Scribe: Shahīn an-Nāṣirīشاهين الناصري
Language(s): Arabic
Colophon: folio 357a: كتبه العبد الفقير لله تعالي شاهين الناصري الشهير بالانباني الملكي الاشرفي حمداً الله على نعمته ومصليّاً عل نبيه سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه ومسلماً بتاريخ مستهل صفر سنة أربع وسبعين وثمان مائة

Numerous marginal notes in red and black ink explaining the difficulties of the text.

2b
Title: Sūrat al-Fātiḥah
Title: سورة الفاتحة

Sūrah 1.

3a-28b
Title: Sūrat al-Baḳarah
Title: سورة البقرة

Sūrah 2.

28b-43a
Title: Sūrat ʾĀli ʿImrān
Title: سورة ال عمران

Sūrah 3.

43a-58b
Title: Sūrat al-Nisā
Title: سورة النساء

Surah 4.

58b-70b
Title: Sūrat al-Māʾidah
Title: سورة المايدة

Surah 5.

70b-83a
Title: Sūrat al-ʾAnʿām
Title: سورة الانعام

Sūrah 6.

83a-97b
Title: Sūrat al-ʾAʿrāf
Title: سورة الاعارف

Sūrah 7.

97b-103a
Title: Sūrat al-ʾAnfāl
Title: سورة الانفال

Surah 8.

103a-114a
Title: Sūrat al-Tawbah
Title: سورة التوبة

Surah 9.

114b-122a
Title: Sūrat Yunus
Title: سورة يونس

Surah 10.

122a-130a
Title: Sūrat Hūd
Title: سورة هود

Surah 11.

130a-137b
Title: Sūrat Yusuf
Title: سورة يوسف

Surah 12.

137b-141b
Title: Sūrat al-Raʿd
Title: سورة الرعد

Surah 13.

141b-145a
Title: Sūrat ʾIbrāhīm
Title: سورة ابراهيم

Surah 14.

145a-148a
Title: Sūrat al-Ḥijr
Title: سورة الحجر

Surah 15.

148a-156a
Title: S
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Surah 16.

156a-163a
Title: Sūrat al-Isrāʿ
Title: سورة الاسراء

Surah 17.

163a-169b
Title: Sūrat al-Kahf
Title: سورة الكهف

Surah 18.

169b-174a
Title: Sūrat Maryam
Title: سورة مربم

Surah 19.

174a-179b
Title: Sūrat Ṭā Hā
Title: سورة طه

Surah 20.

179b-185a
Title: Sūrat al-ʾAnbiyāʾ
Title: سورة الانبياء

Surah 21.

185a-190b
Title: Sūrat al-Ḥajj
Title: سورة الحج

Surah 22.

190b-195a
Title: Sūrat al-Muʿminūm
Title: سورة المومنون

Surah 23.

195a-200b
Title: Sūrat al-Muʿminūm
Title: سورة المومنون

Surah 24.

200b-204b
Title: Sūrat al-Furqān
Title: سورة الفرقان

Surah 25.

204b-210b
Title: Sūrat al-Shuʿarāʾ
Title: سورة الشعراء

Surah 26.

210b-215a
Title: Sūrat al-Naml
Title: سورة النمل

Surah 27.

215a-231a
Title: Sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ
Title: سورة القصص

Surah 28.

231a-235a
Title: Sūrat al-ʿAnkabūt
Title: سورة العنكبوت

Surah 29.

235a-238b
Title: Sūrat al-Rūm
Title: سورة الروم

Surah 30.

238b-241a
Title: Sūrat Luqmān
Title: سورة لقمان

Surah 31.

241a-242b
Title: Sūrat al-Sajdah
Title: سورة السجدة

Surah 32.

242b-249b
Title: Sūrat al-ʾAḥzāb
Title: سورة الاحزاب

Surah 33.

249b-252a
Title: Sūrat Sabaʾ
Title: سورة سبا

Surah 34.

252a-256b
Title: Sūrat Fāṭir
Title: سورة فاطر

Surah 35.

256b-259b
Title: Sūrat Yā Sīn
Title: سورة يس

Surah 36.

259b-263b
Title: Sūrat al-Ṣāffāt
Title: سورة الصافات

Surah 37.

263b-265b
Title: Sūrat Ṣād
Title: سورة ص

Surah 38.

265b-270b
Title: Sūrat al-Zumar
Title: سورة الزمر

Surah 39.

270b-275b
Title: Sūrat Ghāfir
Title: سورة غافر

Surah 40.

275b-279a
Title: Sūrat Fuṣṣilat
Title: سورة فصلت

Surah 41.

279a-282b
Title: Sūrat al-Shūrā
Title: سورة الشورى

Surah 42.

282b-286a
Title: Sūrat al-Zukhruf
Title: سورة الزخرف

Surah 43.

286a-287b
Title: Sūrat al-Dukhān
Title: سورة الدخان

Surah 44.

288a-290a
Title: Sūrat al-Jāthiyah
Title: سورة الجاثية

Surah 45.

290a-292b
Title: Sūrat al-ʾAḥqāf
Title: سورة الاحقاف

Surah 46.

292b-295a
Title: Sūrat Muḥammad
Title: سورة محمد

Surah 47.

295a-297b
Title: Sūrat al-Fatḥ
Title: سورة الفتخ

Surah 48.

297b-299a
Title: Sūrat al-Ḥujurāt
Title: سورة الحجرات

Surah 49.

299a-301a
Title: Sūrat Qāf
Title: سورة ق

Surah 50.

301a-302b
Title: Sūrat al-Dhāriyāt
Title: سورة الذاريات

Surah 51.

302b-304a
Title: Sūrat al-Ṭūr
Title: سورة الطور

Surah 52.

304a-306a
Title: Sūrat al-Najm
Title: سورة النجم

Surah 53.

306a-307b
Title: Sūrat al-Qamar
Title: سورة القمر

Surah 54.

307b-309b
Title: Sūrat al-Raḥmān
Title: سورة الرحمن

Surah 55.

309b-311b
Title: Sūrat al-Wāqiʿah
Title: سورة الواقعة

Surah 56.

311b-314a
Title: Sūrat al-Ḥadīd
Title: سورة الحديد

Surah 57.

314a-316a
Title: Sūrat al-Mujādilah
Title: سورة المجادلة

Surah 58.

316a-318a
Title: Sūrat al-Ḥashr
Title: سورة الحشر

Surah 59.

318a-320a
Title: Sūrat al-Mumtaḥanah
Title: سورة الممتحنة

Surah 60.

320a-321a
Title: Sūrat al-Ṣaff
Title: سورة الصف

Surah 61.

321a-322a
Title: Sūrat al-Jumuʿah
Title: سورة الجمعة

Surah 62.

322a-323a
Title: Sūrat al-Munāfiqūn
Title: سورة المنافقون

Surah 63.

323a-324a
Title: Sūrat al-Taghābun
Title: سورة التغابن

Surah 64.

324a-325b
Title: Sūrat al-Ṭalāq
Title: سورة الطلاق

Surah 65.

325b-326b
Title: Sūrat al-Taḥrīm
Title: سورة النحريم

Surah 66.

326b-328a
Title: Sūrat al-Mulk
Title: سورة الملك

Surah 67.

328a-329b
Title: Sūrat al-Qalam
Title: سورة القلم

Surah 68.

329b-331a
Title: Sūrat al-Ḥāqqah
Title: سورة الحاقة

Surah 69.

331a-332b
Title: Sūrat al-Maʿārij
Title: سورة المعارج

Surah 70.

332b-333b
Title: Sūrat Nūḥ
Title: سورة نوح

Surah 71.

333b-335a
Title: Sūrat al-Jinn
Title: سورة الجن

Surah 72.

335a-336a
Title: Sūrat al-Muzzammil
Title: سورة المزمل

Surah 73.

336a-337b
Title: Sūrat al-Muddaththir
Title: سورة المدثر

Surah 74.

337b-338a
Title: Sūrat al-Qiyamah
Title: سورة القيامة

Surah 75.

338a-339b
Title: Sūrat al-ʾInsān
Title: سورة الانسان

Surah 76.

339b-340b
Title: Sūrat al-Mursalāt
Title: سورة المرسلات

Surah 77.

340b-341b
Title: Sūrat al-Nabaʾ
Title: سورة النبا

Surah 78.

341b-342b
Title: Sūrat al-Nāziʿāt
Title: سورة النازعات

Surah 79.

342b-343b
Title: Sūrat ʿAbasa
Title: سورة عبس

Surah 80.

343b-344a
Title: Sūrat al-Takwīr
Title: سورة التكوير

Surah 81.

344a-344b
Title: Sūrat al-ʾInfiṭār
Title: سورةالانفطار

Surah 82.

344b-345b
Title: Sūrat al-Muṭaffifīn
Title: سورة المطففين

Surah 83.

345b-346a
Title: Sūrat al-ʾInshiqāq
Title: سورة الانشقاق

Surah 84.

346a-347a
Title: Sūrat al-Burūj
Title: سورة البروج

Surah 85.

347a
Title: Sūrat al-Ṭāriq
Title: سورة الطارق

Surah 86.

347a-347b
Title: Sūrat al-ʾAʿlā
Title: سورة الاعلى

Surah 87.

347b-348a
Title: Sūrat al-Ghāshiyah
Title: سورة الغاشية

Surah 88.

348a-349a
Title: Sūrat al-Fajr
Title: سورة الفجر

Surah 89.

349a-349b
Title: Sūrat al-Balad
Title: سورة البلد

Surah 90.

349b-350a
Title: Sūrat al-Shams
Title: سورة الشمس

Surah 91.

350a-350b
Title: Sūrat al-Layl
Title: سورة الليل

Surah 92.

350b
Title: Sūrat al-Dhuḥā
Title: سورة الذحى

Surah 93.

350b-351a
Title: Sūrat al-Sharḥ
Title: سورة الشرح

Surah 94.

351a
Title: Sūrat al-Tīn
Title: سورة التين

Surah 95.

351b
Title: Sūrat al-ʿAlaq
Title: سورة العلق

Surah 96.

352a
Title: Sūrat al-Qadr
Title: سورة القدر

Surah 97.

352a-352b
Title: Sūrat al-Bayyinah
Title: سورة البينة

Surah 98.

352b-353a
Title: Sūrat al-Zalzalah
Title: سورة الزلزلة

Surah 99.

353a
Title: Sūrat al-ʿĀdiyāt
Title: سورة العاديات

Surah 100.

353a-353b
Title: Sūrat al-Qāriʿah
Title: سورة القارعة

Surah 101.

353b
Title: Sūrat al-Takāthur
Title: سورة التكاثر

Surah 102.

354a
Title: Sūrat al-ʿAṣr
Title: سورة العصر

Surah 103.

354a
Title: Sūrat al-Humazah
Title: سورة الهمزة

Surah 104.

354b
Title: Sūrat al-Fīl
Title: سورة الفيل

Surah 105.

354b
Title: Sūrat Quraysh
Title: سورة القريش

Surah 106.

355a
Title: Sūrat al-Maʿūn
Title: سورة

Surah 107.

355a
Title: Sūrat al-Kawthar
Title: سورة الكوثر

Surah 108.

355a-355b
Title: Sūrat al-Kāfirūn
Title: سورة الكافرون

Surah 109.

355b
Title: Sūrat al-Naṣr
Title: سورة

Surah 110.

355b-356a
Title: Sūrat al-Masad
Title: سورة المسد

Surah 111.

356a
Title: Sūrat al-ʾIkhlāṣ
Title: سورة الاخلاص

Surah 112.

356a
Title: Sūrat al-Falaq
Title: سورة الفلق

Surah 113.

356a-356b
Title: Sūrat al-Nās
Title: سورة الناس

Surah 114.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper codex
Extent: 357 folios (ii+357+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 420 × 280 mm.
Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil in the top left corner of every recto. 11 numbers were skipped: folio 219 is followed by 230, but there is no lacuna.

Condition

Usage stains throughout. Old repairs towards the beginning and end, e.g. on folios 1, 2a, 14a, 18a, 342a. Worm damage on the last few folios. Folio 357b is damaged is partially illegible.

Layout

Hand(s)

The majority of the text is written in large Naskhi characters. According to the colophon, the manuscript was copied by Shahīn an-Nāṣirī (شاهين الناصري).

The first two pages, which contain Surah al-Fatihah (Surah 1) and the beginning of Surah al-Baqarah (Surah 2), have four lines written in Kufi with the heading of the two Surahs and the usual introductory formula.

Decoration

Folio 2a: shamsa (sunburst medallion) with floral and geometrical motifs.

Folios 2b-3a: Sūrat al-Fatiḥah and the beginning of Sūrat al-Baqarah in full illuminated border.

Illuminated headings in various colours and fine ornamental decorations throughout.

Decorative round medallions in the outer margins marking ḥizb (حزب = half a ‘juz’; e.g. folio 8b) and rubʿ ḥizb (ربع حزب = quarter of a juz; e.g. folio 4b), and almond-shaped medallions marking nisf ḥizb (نسف حزب; = quarter of a juz; e.g. folio 6a).

Additions:

Folio 357b: more modern handwriting on how many times each letter of the alphabet is used in the Qurʾān, and how many verses and words are contained in it according to the computation of various commentators. Footnote says that the last owner of the manuscript Ḥaydar Aghā (حيدر اغا) has given it as a waqf to the mosque of المر حوم شيخو العمري (probably the Mosque of Shaykhu in Egypt built by the Grand Emir Sayf al-Din Shaykhu al-Nasiri in 1349 CE).

'Waqf' (وقف) inscribed in the upper margin: on folios 141b, 142a, 145b-146a, 172b-173a, 190b-191a, 203b-204a, 214b-215a, 217b-218a, 252a, 252b, 269b-270a, 291b-292a, 299b-300a, 3222b-323a, 338b-339a, 340b-341a, 345b-346a, 347b-348a, 350b-351a, 351b-352a, 353b-357a. Folio 356b: وقف لله وتعالي ; folio 357a: وقف لله تبارك وتعالي .

Folio 1b: inscription in an illuminated medallion, added in the mid-18th century.

Binding

Red leather binding with flap. Blind-tooled. Printed paper paste-downs.

History

Origin: 874 AH (1469 CE).

Provenance and Acquisition

Inscription in a gilt medallion about the manuscript's renovation, dated 28 Rajab AH 1170 (1756 CE) on folio 1b: جدد هذا المصحف الشريف من فضل الله تعالي علي سبيل الصدقة الامير رضوان اغارزار اعانة لواقفه ينتضره في ذلك العفو من الله تعالي والدعا لمن يقرا فيه لامة محمد صلي الله عليه وسلم حرر ذلك في ٢٨ رجب سنة ١١٧٠ .

Formerly in the collection of Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812–1880) Crawford, Alexander Crawford Lindsay, 1812-1880. Bookplate of Bibliotheca Lindesiana in back paste-down.

Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands (1843–1908) Rylands, Enriqueta, 1843–1908 in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (1847–1913) Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847–1913 .

Bequeathed by Enriqueta Rylands (1843–1908) in 1908 to The John Rylands Library.

Record Sources

Description based on A. Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library Manchester (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934).

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