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The Qur'an
(قرآن)

Title	The Qur'an
Title Original	قرآن
Author	Calligrapher: Shadi bin Muhammad bin Shadi bin Dawud bin Isa bin Abu Bakr bin Ayyub; illuminators: Aydoğdu bin Abdullah al-Badri and Ali bin Muhammad al-Rassam.
Publication Date:	Ramadan 713 / December 1313
Publication Place	Cairo, Egypt. - Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Subject	Glossy (Aharli) paper, ink, gold inlay, leather binding.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	الطول: 35 سم؛ العرض: 26.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	450
Record ID	object;ISL;tr;Mus01;22;ar
Library Location	Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Date	Ramadan 713 / December 1313
Notes	This Qur’an was written in the Mamluk Naskh script on pages of golden Aharli paper with black footnotes. The pages are devoid of any marginal lines. The leather cover is equipped with a tongue. At the beginning of the Qur’an is a two-page sheet, spread and decorated, drawn in a geometric style, with an eight-pointed star in the middle, containing Qur’anic verse 42 from Surat Fussilat (No. 41). The polygons formed by the geometric decoration are all covered with arabesque decoration, while the background of the frame surrounding the geometric decoration is colored black. The frame area is occupied by a decoration with arabesques and palm leaves, consisting of drawings in the form of rose buds, decorated with pale shades of pink, green and blue. This style of drawing in Mamluk decoration is known as (the sandal style). The beginning of each surah is written in Kufic script, while the verses are separated from each other by pink, braided ornaments, colored in gold and blue. Between every five and ten verses, decorative medallions appear in Kufic script on the margin of the page. This Qur’an was prepared for the treasury of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun. This Qur’an was copied in the month of Ramadan in the year 713 / December 1313 by Shadi bin Muhammad bin Shadi bin Daoud bin Isa bin Abu Bakr bin Ayyub, a descendant of Saladin, the founder of the Ayyubid state. The drawings were executed by Aydogdu bin Abdullah Al-Badri and Ali bin Muhammad Al-Rassam. This Qur’an is considered an artistic work of optimum quality, created to be presented to the Sultan at a time when the most distinguished and precise artistic works were being produced in all branches of art, a period that may rightly be called the Renaissance of Islamic art in Egypt.
Sample Text	Şule Aksoy “Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tr;Mus01;22;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Şule AKSOYŞule Aksoy is Vice Director of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul. She was born in Istanbul in 1947. She graduated from the Department of History and Art History of the Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University in 1970. She has been working at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul since 1967, first as an expert, then as the Head of the Manuscripts Department until 2003, when she became Vice Director. She has participated in numerous projects and exhibitions organised by the museum and is the author of various publications.
Seçili bibliyografya	Aksoy, Ş., “Der Prachtkoran”,Die Koranbestände des Museums für Türkische Kunst in Istanbul, Berlin, 1999, pp.111–23.James, D., “Some Observation on the Calligrapher and Illuminators of the Koran of Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Jashnagir”,Muqarnas, 3, 1984, pp.147–57.James, D.,Qur'ans of the Mamluks, London, 1988, pp.58–63.Ölçer, N.et al, Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, Istanbul, 2002, pp.176–9.

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The Qur'an

(قرآن)

Author Calligrapher: Shadi bin Muhammad bin Shadi bin Dawud bin Isa bin Abu Bakr bin Ayyub; illuminators: Aydoğdu bin Abdullah al-Badri and Ali bin Muhammad al-Rassam.

Publication Date Ramadan 713 / December 1313

Publication Place Cairo, Egypt. - Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

Subject Glossy (Aharli) paper, ink, gold inlay, leather binding.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions الطول: 35 سم؛ العرض: 26.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 450

Record ID object;ISL;tr;Mus01;22;ar

Library Location Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

Date Ramadan 713 / December 1313

Notes This Qur’an was written in the Mamluk Naskh script on pages of golden Aharli paper with black footnotes. The pages are devoid of any marginal lines. The leather cover is equipped with a tongue. At the beginning of the Qur’an is a two-page sheet, spread and decorated, drawn in a geometric style, with an eight-pointed star in the middle, containing Qur’anic verse 42 from Surat Fussilat (No. 41). The polygons formed by the geometric decoration are all covered with arabesque decoration, while the background of the frame surrounding the geometric decoration is colored black. The frame area is occupied by a decoration with arabesques and palm leaves, consisting of drawings in the form of rose buds, decorated with pale shades of pink, green and blue. This style of drawing in Mamluk decoration is known as (the sandal style). The beginning of each surah is written in Kufic script, while the verses are separated from each other by pink, braided ornaments, colored in gold and blue. Between every five and ten verses, decorative medallions appear in Kufic script on the margin of the page. This Qur’an was prepared for the treasury of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun. This Qur’an was copied in the month of Ramadan in the year 713 / December 1313 by Shadi bin Muhammad bin Shadi bin Daoud bin Isa bin Abu Bakr bin Ayyub, a descendant of Saladin, the founder of the Ayyubid state. The drawings were executed by Aydogdu bin Abdullah Al-Badri and Ali bin Muhammad Al-Rassam. This Qur’an is considered an artistic work of optimum quality, created to be presented to the Sultan at a time when the most distinguished and precise artistic works were being produced in all branches of art, a period that may rightly be called the Renaissance of Islamic art in Egypt.

Sample Text Şule Aksoy “Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tr;Mus01;22;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Şule AKSOYŞule Aksoy is Vice Director of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul. She was born in Istanbul in 1947. She graduated from the Department of History and Art History of the Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University in 1970. She has been working at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul since 1967, first as an expert, then as the Head of the Manuscripts Department until 2003, when she became Vice Director. She has participated in numerous projects and exhibitions organised by the museum and is the author of various publications.

Seçili bibliyografya Aksoy, Ş., “Der Prachtkoran”,Die Koranbestände des Museums für Türkische Kunst in Istanbul, Berlin, 1999, pp.111–23.James, D., “Some Observation on the Calligrapher and Illuminators of the Koran of Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Jashnagir”,Muqarnas, 3, 1984, pp.147–57.James, D.,Qur'ans of the Mamluks, London, 1988, pp.58–63.Ölçer, N.et al, Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, Istanbul, 2002, pp.176–9.