Koran
Reference code
MSS/0493
Title
Koran
Date
1871-2
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Burnished paper; ff. ii + unfoliated leaves.
Octavo.
Binding (not original to MS), leather, red, with flap, tooled design picked out in black.
Octavo.
Binding (not original to MS), leather, red, with flap, tooled design picked out in black.
Scope and content
A copy of the Koran (year of the Hegira 1288). Naskh script. ?Turkish provenance. Colophon gives the name of the scribe al-Sayyid al-Shaykh al-Hajj Muhammad Nuri [ibn?] al-Sayyid Mir Muhammad. Two decorated pages at the beginning, and simple gold borders throughout. (Inf. Sheila Canby).
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/493
Language
Arabic