Manuscript/Mixed Material Image 1 of Qurʼān bā tarjumah-i Fārsī

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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

  • pdf
  • image

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Qurʼān bā tarjumah-i Fārsī. [Rajab March/April 1887, 1877] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017406494/.

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(1877) Qurʼān bā tarjumah-i Fārsī. [Rajab March/April 1887] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017406494/.

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Qurʼān bā tarjumah-i Fārsī. [Rajab March/April 1887, 1877] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017406494/>.