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A single-volume Qur’an with pictures of Mecca and Medina
(مصحف ذو مجلد وحيد مع صور لمكة والمدينة)

Title	A single-volume Qur’an with pictures of Mecca and Medina
Title Original	مصحف ذو مجلد وحيد مع صور لمكة والمدينة
Publication Date:	Dated 1211 AH / 1786 - 7 AD
Publication Place	Turkey - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Ink, gold and watercolor on paper, Marrakesh brown binding, text in naqsha, some inscriptions in thuluth
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	305 folios; 15.6 x 11cm
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	QUR 1240
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;42;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	Dated 1211 AH / 1786 - 7 AD
Notes	An unusual feature of this Qur’an is the inclusion of two small images of Mecca and Medina within the religious opening text (pages 1b–2a). Such images in the Qur’an are very rare. The publisher's information is signed by the calligrapher Amin Al-Salahi.
Sample Text	“A single-volume Qur’an with pictures of Mecca and Medina” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;42;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: UK2 42

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A single-volume Qur’an with pictures of Mecca and Medina

(مصحف ذو مجلد وحيد مع صور لمكة والمدينة)

Publication Date Dated 1211 AH / 1786 - 7 AD

Publication Place Turkey - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Subject Ink, gold and watercolor on paper, Marrakesh brown binding, text in naqsha, some inscriptions in thuluth

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 305 folios; 15.6 x 11cm

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID QUR 1240

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;42;ar

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

Date Dated 1211 AH / 1786 - 7 AD

Notes An unusual feature of this Qur’an is the inclusion of two small images of Mecca and Medina within the religious opening text (pages 1b–2a). Such images in the Qur’an are very rare. The publisher's information is signed by the calligrapher Amin Al-Salahi.

Sample Text “A single-volume Qur’an with pictures of Mecca and Medina” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;42;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: UK2 42