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A single-volume Qur’an with lacquer binding signed by Lutfi al-Shirazi
(مصحف بمجلد واحد ذو تجليد مطلي باللكر موقع من قبل لطفي الشيرازي)

Title	A single-volume Qur’an with lacquer binding signed by Lutfi al-Shirazi
Title Original	مصحف بمجلد واحد ذو تجليد مطلي باللكر موقع من قبل لطفي الشيرازي
Publication Date:	The basic text is approximately 1844, the Persian translation dates back to Shaban 25, 1272 AH / May 2, 1856, and the binding is dated 1269 AH / 1852 - 3 AD.
Publication Place	Iran, Shiraz - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Qajar — Ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper; lacquer-painted binding; main text innaskhi; Persian translation and commentaries innasta‘liq
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	289 صفحة ، 34.7 × 22.7 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	QUR 914
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus21;37;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	The basic text is approximately 1844, the Persian translation dates back to Shaban 25, 1272 AH / May 2, 1856, and the binding is dated 1269 AH / 1852 - 3 AD.
Notes	The first two of the three brightly gilded openings bear a guide to the titles/index of the surahs and a dhikr. The main text begins in the third opening and is written in a beautiful and clear calligraphic script that is comparable to that of Visal, the nickname of one of the distinguished calligraphers and poets of the nineteenth century in Iran. The marginal notes are signed by Faizal's second son, Mirza Muhammad, who signs as Hakim and has a great reputation as a writer in Nasta'liq script. The lacquer covers are the work of Lutf Ali Shirazi, who had close ties to the Faizal family. The outer coverings are formations of what are known as flower and bird (gul and bulbul) and depict two birds in a rose tree on a sparkling dark brown ground. The lining of the book's decoration has a wonderful arrangement of iris and other flowers on a ground that mimics the color of turquoise mother-of-pearl. The borders contain quotations from Surat Al-Baqarah (No. 2), verses 255-7 on the front and verse 201 with religious phrases on the back.
Sample Text	“A single-volume Qur’an with lacquer binding signed by Lutfi Al-Shirazi” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;37;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: UK1 37
Seçili bibliyografya	Bayani, M., Stanley, T., and Rogers, J.M.,The Decorated Word. Qur’ans of the 17th to 19th Centuries, London: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume 4, Part Two, 2009: cat.22, pp.116–25.Khalili, N.D., Robinson, B.W., and Stanley, T.,Lacquer of the Islamic Lands, London: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume 22, Part One, 1996: cat.156, pp.208–10.Rogers, J.M.,The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London: Thames & Hudson, 2010: no.261, p.226.Vernoit, S.,Occidentalism. Islamic Art in the 19th Century, London: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume 23, 1997: cat.4, pp.20–21.

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A single-volume Qur’an with lacquer binding signed by Lutfi al-Shirazi

(مصحف بمجلد واحد ذو تجليد مطلي باللكر موقع من قبل لطفي الشيرازي)

Publication Date The basic text is approximately 1844, the Persian translation dates back to Shaban 25, 1272 AH / May 2, 1856, and the binding is dated 1269 AH / 1852 - 3 AD.

Publication Place Iran, Shiraz - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Subject Qajar — Ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper; lacquer-painted binding; main text innaskhi; Persian translation and commentaries innasta‘liq

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 289 صفحة ، 34.7 × 22.7 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID QUR 914

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus21;37;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date The basic text is approximately 1844, the Persian translation dates back to Shaban 25, 1272 AH / May 2, 1856, and the binding is dated 1269 AH / 1852 - 3 AD.

Notes The first two of the three brightly gilded openings bear a guide to the titles/index of the surahs and a dhikr. The main text begins in the third opening and is written in a beautiful and clear calligraphic script that is comparable to that of Visal, the nickname of one of the distinguished calligraphers and poets of the nineteenth century in Iran. The marginal notes are signed by Faizal's second son, Mirza Muhammad, who signs as Hakim and has a great reputation as a writer in Nasta'liq script. The lacquer covers are the work of Lutf Ali Shirazi, who had close ties to the Faizal family. The outer coverings are formations of what are known as flower and bird (gul and bulbul) and depict two birds in a rose tree on a sparkling dark brown ground. The lining of the book's decoration has a wonderful arrangement of iris and other flowers on a ground that mimics the color of turquoise mother-of-pearl. The borders contain quotations from Surat Al-Baqarah (No. 2), verses 255-7 on the front and verse 201 with religious phrases on the back.

Sample Text “A single-volume Qur’an with lacquer binding signed by Lutfi Al-Shirazi” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;37;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: UK1 37

Seçili bibliyografya Bayani, M., Stanley, T., and Rogers, J.M.,The Decorated Word. Qur’ans of the 17th to 19th Centuries, London: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume 4, Part Two, 2009: cat.22, pp.116–25.Khalili, N.D., Robinson, B.W., and Stanley, T.,Lacquer of the Islamic Lands, London: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume 22, Part One, 1996: cat.156, pp.208–10.Rogers, J.M.,The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London: Thames & Hudson, 2010: no.261, p.226.Vernoit, S.,Occidentalism. Islamic Art in the 19th Century, London: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume 23, 1997: cat.4, pp.20–21.