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

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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