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Qur’an
(مصحف)

Title	Qur’an
Title Original	مصحف
Publication Date:	977 AH / 1570 AD
Publication Place	Turkey, Istanbul - Chester Beatty Library
Subject	Colored pigments and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	20 × 13.3 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	CBL Is 1527
Record ID	object;EPM;ir;Mus21;10;ar
Library Location	Chester Beatty Library
Date	977 AH / 1570 AD
Notes	This magnificent Qur'an was made for Sokollu Mehmedpaşa, who served as Grand Vizier of two Ottoman Sultans, Suleiman I (the Great, who ruled 1520-66) and his successor Selim II (r. 1566-74). It was copied in the exquisite rayhan script by the well-known calligrapher Hasan Çelebi, who was a slave, and later adopted by the also well-known calligrapher Ahmet Karahisari. The manuscript is beautifully gilded, bound in press-cut leather, and decorated with scrolls of clouds and flowering plants.
Sample Text	“Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;10;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: IR 10

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Qur’an

(مصحف)

Publication Date 977 AH / 1570 AD

Publication Place Turkey, Istanbul - Chester Beatty Library

Subject Colored pigments and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 20 × 13.3 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID CBL Is 1527

Record ID object;EPM;ir;Mus21;10;ar

Library Location Chester Beatty Library

Date 977 AH / 1570 AD

Notes This magnificent Qur'an was made for Sokollu Mehmedpaşa, who served as Grand Vizier of two Ottoman Sultans, Suleiman I (the Great, who ruled 1520-66) and his successor Selim II (r. 1566-74). It was copied in the exquisite rayhan script by the well-known calligrapher Hasan Çelebi, who was a slave, and later adopted by the also well-known calligrapher Ahmet Karahisari. The manuscript is beautifully gilded, bound in press-cut leather, and decorated with scrolls of clouds and flowering plants.

Sample Text “Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;10;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: IR 10