• An illuminated Qur’an, commissioned by Mukhbir al-Dawlah, the Minister of Science and copied by Muhammad al-Musawi known as Hindi, Persia, Qajar, dated 1305 AH/1887-88 AD 1887 - 1888
  • Handicrafts and classics, Calligraphy, manuscript
  • 19 * 30.6 cm
  • Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 245 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in black naskh, ruled in blue, red, green and gold, verses separated by polychrome and gold rosettes, verse markers in the margins, surah headings in red cursive against a gold ground within polychrome cartouches, f.2b and 3a with a gold and polychrome opening frontispiece, preceded by an illuminated double page with roundels filled with prayers, in a fine lacquer binding decorated with interlacing scrolls
Estimation
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71%
Artwork Description

A note written by Reza Hekmat, the Speaker of Parliament, states that this Qur’an was presented to Iskandar Mirza, the President of Pakistan on 12 Aban 1335 (23 October 1956).
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