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A single page from a four-part Qur’an
(صفحة وحيدة من مصحف ذو أربعة أجزاء)

Title	A single page from a four-part Qur’an
Title Original	صفحة وحيدة من مصحف ذو أربعة أجزاء
Publication Date:	Ramadan 383 AH / October - November 993 AD
Publication Place	Iran, Isfahan - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Ink, gold and opaque watercolor on lacquer paper, main text in Naqshi, Persian translation and comments in Nasta'liq.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	23.9×23.9 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	KFQ 90
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus21;3;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	Ramadan 383 AH / October - November 993 AD
Notes	The text on this page consists of Surat Al-Najm (No. 53), verse 59, to Surat Al-Qamar (No. 54), verse 5. The page has a horizontal layout and has four lines. The calligraphy and gilding are of high quality. At the end of Surah An-Najm, the prostration is indicated by a specific sect. The title of the surah and the number of verses of the following surah are written in gold in a gilded band that ends with an end sign in a specific shape. Gold rosettes separate individual verses, while every ten verses are marked in the margin with a large ring. The distinct movements and red dots indicate the exits of the letters. The black dots were added later. The use of the horizontal paper format usually associated with the Qur’an written on parchment is unusual.
Sample Text	“A single page from a four-part Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;3;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: UK1 03
Seçili bibliyografya	Déroche, F.,The Abbasid Tradition, London: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume 1, 1992: cat.83, pp.154–5.Rogers, J.M.,The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London: Thames & Hudson, 2010: no.9, p.35.

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A single page from a four-part Qur’an

(صفحة وحيدة من مصحف ذو أربعة أجزاء)

Publication Date Ramadan 383 AH / October - November 993 AD

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

Subject Ink, gold and opaque watercolor on lacquer paper, main text in Naqshi, Persian translation and comments in Nasta'liq.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 23.9×23.9 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID KFQ 90

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus21;3;ar

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

Date Ramadan 383 AH / October - November 993 AD

Notes The text on this page consists of Surat Al-Najm (No. 53), verse 59, to Surat Al-Qamar (No. 54), verse 5. The page has a horizontal layout and has four lines. The calligraphy and gilding are of high quality. At the end of Surah An-Najm, the prostration is indicated by a specific sect. The title of the surah and the number of verses of the following surah are written in gold in a gilded band that ends with an end sign in a specific shape. Gold rosettes separate individual verses, while every ten verses are marked in the margin with a large ring. The distinct movements and red dots indicate the exits of the letters. The black dots were added later. The use of the horizontal paper format usually associated with the Qur’an written on parchment is unusual.

Sample Text “A single page from a four-part Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;3;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: UK1 03

Seçili bibliyografya Déroche, F.,The Abbasid Tradition, London: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume 1, 1992: cat.83, pp.154–5.Rogers, J.M.,The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London: Thames & Hudson, 2010: no.9, p.35.