Volume of select sūrahs (chapters) from the the Qur’ān, illuminated opening

Item Data

Date

late 15th or early 16th century CE

Item Source

Isl. Ms. 231 (catalogue record)
Entire digitized manuscript

Description

Slender volume of select sūrahs (chapters) from the Qurʼān, namely Sūrat Yāsīn (36), Sūrat al-Fatḥ (48), Sūrat al-Wāqiʻah (56), Sūrat al-Mulk (67) and Sūrat al-Nabaʼ (78). Perhaps late 15th or early 16th century Herat.

Format

Manuscript codex on Persianate laid paper, 24 leaves, 233 x 163 mm.

Language

Arabic