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About this Item

Title

  • [Qurʼān]

Created / Published

  • 13 Rabīʻ al-thānī 1107 [21 November 1695]

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic and Persian.
  • -  Title supplied by cataloger.
  • -  Written by "Ibn ʻAlī".
  • -  Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009.
  • -  Written in Iran?
  • -  Text proceeded by 2 lithographed fragments pasted front and back; the second one, facing first page of manuscript, is lithograph of Sūrat al-fātiḥah from unidentified edition of the Qurʼān.
  • -  Paper: yellowish, polished cream color laid paper with horizontal chain line and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; interlinear Persian translation in cursive Naskh; catchwords.
  • -  Naskh; 11 lines in written area 15.5 x 9 cm.
  • -  Folio 1b-337a; 337b-338 notes and a poem.
  • -  Library of Congress. Manuscript, [unnumbered].
  • -  Binding: black leather with embossed gold center medallions front and back, spine repaired, rebacked in tan leather.

Medium

  • 338 leaves (11 lines), paper : bound ; 21 x 15 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP100 1695

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017498277

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Qurʼān. [13 Rabīʻ al-thānī 21 November 1695, 1695] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498277/.

APA citation style:

(1695) Qurʼān. [13 Rabīʻ al-thānī 21 November 1695] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498277/.

MLA citation style:

Qurʼān. [13 Rabīʻ al-thānī 21 November 1695, 1695] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498277/>.