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Qur'ān copied by Ḥasan Çelebi, for Sokollu Meḥmed Pāshā

Title	Qur'ān copied by Ḥasan Çelebi, for Sokollu Meḥmed Pāshā
Author	Istanbul
Publication Date:	1570 (Sahha)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	204 mm x 139 mm x 49 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is 1527
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	1570 (Sahha)
Notes	Qur’ān for Ottoman grand vizier Sokollu Meḥmed Pāshā (d. 1579). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, leather bookbinding, 356 folios, Arabic text in rayhan and naskh scripts, with illuminated medallion (shamsa, fol. 1r), double page frontispiece (fols. 1v-2r), framed text (chahar-lawh, fols. 2v-3r, border 3v-4r), sura headings and marginal markers throughout, complete text of the Qur’ān, with concluding Khatm prayer (fol. 355r), dedicated (fols. 355v-356r) to Sokollu Meḥmed Pāshā (1505-1579, at this time grand vizier to Ottoman sultan Selim II), signed (fol. 356v) by Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad al-Qaraḥiṣārī (Ḥasan Çelebi, d. 1594), Istanbul, Turkey, dated Ramadan 977H, February 1570.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)
Nesne Adı	Codex, Qur'an
Yazı Tipi	Rayhan script, Naskh script

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Qur'ān copied by Ḥasan Çelebi, for Sokollu Meḥmed Pāshā

Author Istanbul

Publication Date 1570 (Sahha)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 204 mm x 139 mm x 49 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is 1527

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 1570 (Sahha)

Notes Qur’ān for Ottoman grand vizier Sokollu Meḥmed Pāshā (d. 1579). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, leather bookbinding, 356 folios, Arabic text in rayhan and naskh scripts, with illuminated medallion (shamsa, fol. 1r), double page frontispiece (fols. 1v-2r), framed text (chahar-lawh, fols. 2v-3r, border 3v-4r), sura headings and marginal markers throughout, complete text of the Qur’ān, with concluding Khatm prayer (fol. 355r), dedicated (fols. 355v-356r) to Sokollu Meḥmed Pāshā (1505-1579, at this time grand vizier to Ottoman sultan Selim II), signed (fol. 356v) by Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad al-Qaraḥiṣārī (Ḥasan Çelebi, d. 1594), Istanbul, Turkey, dated Ramadan 977H, February 1570.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)

Nesne Adı Codex, Qur'an

Yazı Tipi Rayhan script, Naskh script