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Qur'an scroll

Title	Qur'an scroll
Publication Date:	1750-1850
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	92 mm x 5850 mm (height x length)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is 1622
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	1750-1850
Notes	Qur'an scroll, with holy names in reserve. Written in minute ghubar script, this undated copy of the Qur'an shows a strong Shi`a conviction in its design, with the names of the Fourteen Immaculates reserved in large format throughout. This begins with the Prophet Muhammad and his daughter Fatima, followed by her husband `Ali ibn Abi Talib, and their male descendants. Similar scrolls reserve other Shi`a messages against the text of the Qur'an, such as the prayer to Imam `Ali ("Nad-e `Aliyan"). Scroll, ink, colours and gold on paper, leather flap cover, Arabic text in ghubar script, with illuminated heading (sarlawh) at the start, Qur'an with text reserved to form the sacred names of the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants (Fatima, `Ali, Hasan, Husayn, and all the other Shi`a Imams), Iran, undated, c. 1750-1850.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Handscroll, Qur'an
Yazı Tipi	Ghubar script

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Qur'an scroll

Publication Date 1750-1850

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 92 mm x 5850 mm (height x length)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is 1622

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 1750-1850

Notes Qur'an scroll, with holy names in reserve. Written in minute ghubar script, this undated copy of the Qur'an shows a strong Shi`a conviction in its design, with the names of the Fourteen Immaculates reserved in large format throughout. This begins with the Prophet Muhammad and his daughter Fatima, followed by her husband `Ali ibn Abi Talib, and their male descendants. Similar scrolls reserve other Shi`a messages against the text of the Qur'an, such as the prayer to Imam `Ali ("Nad-e `Aliyan"). Scroll, ink, colours and gold on paper, leather flap cover, Arabic text in ghubar script, with illuminated heading (sarlawh) at the start, Qur'an with text reserved to form the sacred names of the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants (Fatima, `Ali, Hasan, Husayn, and all the other Shi`a Imams), Iran, undated, c. 1750-1850.

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

Nesne Adı Handscroll, Qur'an

Yazı Tipi Ghubar script