Delhi Persian 1567* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Treatise on the correct recitation of the Quran
Contents
1 copy of Qurʾān
Substantial fragment of an unidentified treatise on the science of the correct recitation of the Qurʾān, by an unnamed author.
Defective at beginning, having lost at least ten folios.
Not dated at end. Datable to the early eighteenth century.
Large, bold naskh; rubrication for headings and quotations.
Persian foliation with additions in pencil.
Binding, red half leather IOL covers, partial stamp dated 3 June 19[…].
Boards from an earlier gilded and tooled leather binding mounted as doubleurs.
Folios stained, oxidised, wormholes, cropped, later repairs, gauze overlay.
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History
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
Government of India
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