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Oriental Manuscripts
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1 copy of al-Qurʼān
Title: Quran
A large beautiful Quran, richly tooled covers and flap
Incipit: (basmalla) بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم صدق الله صدق الله
Explicit: من الجنة و الناس
Colophon: المويد من عند الله الغني السلطان بن سلطان بن سلطان لبو للمظفرسلطان ابو سعيد شجاع الدين بهادرخان
Language(s): Arabic and Persian
References
GAL I. 33-36
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 318+XXIV ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 13.5
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
Collation
Layout
Additions:
- marginalia Marginal notes in
- orthography
- paper
Binding
History
Origin: 845 A.H 1441A.D
Provenance and Acquisition
Written for Sultan Abu Said Shuja ad-Din Bahadur Khan. Later in library of Sultan Tipu in Mysore
Wilkins, East India Company, 1806
Record Sources
Record based on Handlist held in University of St Andrews Library, Special Collections, with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team
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