Koran
Reference code
MSS/0961
Title
Koran
Date
1841
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Burnished paper. Duodecimo. Original binding. Leather, dark red, with gold decoration.
Scope and content
Koran. According to the colophon 'al-Sayyid Husain, one of the pupils of Hamid, the Qur'an reciter, copied this Qur'an [for] the leader of their armies of blessedness, may God prolong his life, al-Haj Muhammad al-Rushdi', in 1257 A. H. (1841). Arabic. Provenance Iran. Two decorated pages at the beginning, headpieces, borders, etc., in gold. (Inf. Sheila Canby).
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/961
Archival history
Presented by Gen. Sir James Handyside Marshall-Cornwall, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC, FSA, April 1969.
Language
Arabic