Manuscript/Mixed Material Image 1 of Qurʼān bā tarjumah-i Fārsī
About this Item
Title
- Qurʼān bā tarjumah-i Fārsī
Created / Published
- Rajab 1304 [March/April 1887]
Headings
- - Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
- - Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
- - Iran
Notes
- - Manuscript.
- - Arabic and Persian; colophon in Turkish (Arabic script).
- - Title from container.
- - Scribe not identified.
- - Probably written in Iran.
- - Paper; cream color paper with no visible watermarks; elaborate unwans on fol. 1b and 2a with text enclosed in a wide ruled border of gold red and green; remainder of text enclosed in ruled border in gold black and red; interlinear Persian translation in red ink; verses are separated by gold discs. Individual sūrahs have titles in red and gold; extensive commentary in Persian in the margins throughout; black ink; Persian translation in red ink; catchwords.
- - The Holy Koran in the Library of Congress, 17
- - Naskh (Qurʼānic text); nastaʻliq (Persian translation); 12 lines in written area 21 x 11.5 cm.
- - Fol. 1b-325a.
- - Library of Congress. Arabic manuscript, M133.
- - Binding lacking; marbled endpapers in pastel colors and tan.
- - Explicit/Colophon: Kemal Paşa merhumun ve çocuğum vakf olunmuṣtur, sene 1304, Recep.
- - Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Medium
- 325 leaves (12 lines), paper : disbound ; 29.4 x 19.5 cm
Call Number/Physical Location
- BP100 1887
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2017406494
Online Format
- image