al-Qurʼān - القرآن

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12899
  • Dates of Creation
    • 914
  • Language of Material
    • Arabic Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 565 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 565 ff. Dimensions : 154 mm x 241 mm. Ruling : Ruled margins in blue and gold. Script : Nesih, Ottoman Turkish fully vocalized. Ink : Black for main text, with blue and gold for margins, and gold for section headings and punctuation.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish interlinear translation of the Qur'an, originally translated likely in the early 15th century CE. This manuscript was copied in 914 AH (1508 CE) by Haydar İbn-i İsmail İbn-i Mehmet Ali İsfahani. The first four folios have been restored at a later date.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from J. Thornton and Son Ltd., Oxford, in February 1964.

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