Arts of the Islamic World
Arts of the Islamic World
AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY ‘ABD AL-RAHIM KASHMIRI, NORTH INDIA, MUGHAL, DATED 1158 AH/1745-46 AD
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October 23, 04:16 PM GMT
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AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY ‘ABD AL-RAHIM KASHMIRI, NORTH INDIA, MUGHAL, DATED 1158 AH/1745-46 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 274 leaves plus 1 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink within clouds against a gold ground, ruled in gold, black and gold, verses separated by gold round, surah headings in white rounded cursive against a gold ground within cartouches outlined in green, gold and blue verse markes in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with a polychrome and gold incipit frame, six additional double-page with gold illuminated margins consisting of interlacing scrolls and flowers marking each manzil, f.272b and f.273a with a finispiece bifolium decorated with gold margins, in leather gilt and stamped binding
22.5 by 12.7cm.
The illuminated double-page frontispiece, decorated with interlacing flower scrolls within strap-work borders, is typical of the Mughal period. For a comparable opening see a Qur’an dated 1145 AH/1732-33 AD, sold in these rooms, 19 October 2016, lot 180. The scribe, originally from Kashmir, concluded the colophon stating a date in Persian numerals rather than the more common Arabic.