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Quran and box
(القران و صندوق)

Title	Quran and box
Title Original	القران و صندوق
Publication Date:	19th century
Publication Place	India - Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani Museum
Subject	Paper, silver: handwriting
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	طول: 2 سم عرض:1 سم ارتفاع: 2 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	FBQ.HH.655
Record ID	object;EPM;qt;Mus22;33;ar
Library Location	Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani Museum
Date	19th century
Notes	The Little Qur'an belongs to a group of scanty holy books intended as a talisman. Written in India in the style of earthen calligraphy with a single horsehair, the Qur'an represents a devotional book that is difficult to read with the naked eye. The text is encased in a silver box, sometimes in cloth bags, and turned into a pendant for a necklace. While the amulet would protect and empower the wearer, its manufacture was mostly intended for the Sultans and their soldiers for protection. Moreover, silver has the protective power as a lucky metal in Islam. Carried around the neck or attached to ceremonial objects and weapons, they remain good luck charms and are visible throughout time and place.
Sample Text	Sarah Schroeder “The Qur’an and the Box” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus22;33;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Sarah SCHROEDER
Seçili bibliyografya	Behrens-Abouseif, D., "Chapter 8 The Chain of Mamluk Calligraphers" in D. Behrens-Abouseif,The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250–1517),Leiden: Brill, 2018.Gruber, Christiane (ed) and Brend, B.,The Islamic Manuscript Tradition: Ten Centuries of Book Arts in Indiana University Collections,Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2010: xviii, 281.Ekhtiar, M.,How to Read Islamic Calligraphy,New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018.Ekhtiar, M., and Parikh, R., "Chapter 10 Power and Piety: Islamic Talismans on the Battlefield", in M. Ekhtiar and R. Parikh (eds),Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice,Leiden: Brill, 2020.

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Quran and box

(القران و صندوق)

Publication Date 19th century

Publication Place India - Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani Museum

Subject Paper, silver: handwriting

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions طول: 2 سم عرض:1 سم ارتفاع: 2 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID FBQ.HH.655

Record ID object;EPM;qt;Mus22;33;ar

Library Location Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani Museum

Date 19th century

Notes The Little Qur'an belongs to a group of scanty holy books intended as a talisman. Written in India in the style of earthen calligraphy with a single horsehair, the Qur'an represents a devotional book that is difficult to read with the naked eye. The text is encased in a silver box, sometimes in cloth bags, and turned into a pendant for a necklace. While the amulet would protect and empower the wearer, its manufacture was mostly intended for the Sultans and their soldiers for protection. Moreover, silver has the protective power as a lucky metal in Islam. Carried around the neck or attached to ceremonial objects and weapons, they remain good luck charms and are visible throughout time and place.

Sample Text Sarah Schroeder “The Qur’an and the Box” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus22;33;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Sarah SCHROEDER

Seçili bibliyografya Behrens-Abouseif, D., "Chapter 8 The Chain of Mamluk Calligraphers" in D. Behrens-Abouseif,The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250–1517),Leiden: Brill, 2018.Gruber, Christiane (ed) and Brend, B.,The Islamic Manuscript Tradition: Ten Centuries of Book Arts in Indiana University Collections,Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2010: xviii, 281.Ekhtiar, M.,How to Read Islamic Calligraphy,New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018.Ekhtiar, M., and Parikh, R., "Chapter 10 Power and Piety: Islamic Talismans on the Battlefield", in M. Ekhtiar and R. Parikh (eds),Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice,Leiden: Brill, 2020.