File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art qur 0914 outer front.jpg

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Single-volume Qur'an  wikidata:Q107663920 reasonator:Q107663920
Artist
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creator_role QS:P,Q1125338
Lutf 'Ali Suratgar  (1797–1869) wikidata:Q5816939
 
Alternative names
Lutf Ali Khan Shirazi; Lutf Ali Shirazi
Description Iranian painter
Date of birth/death 1797 Edit this at Wikidata 1869 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Shiraz Edit this at Wikidata
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calligraphy:
creator_role QS:P,Q12681
Mahmoud Wisal Shirazi  (1818–1857) wikidata:Q5949728
 
Alternative names
Mirza Mahmud Hakim
Description Iranian calligrapher and physician
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Shiraz Edit this at Wikidata
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Title
Single-volume Qur'an
label QS:Len,"Single-volume Qur'an"
Object type manuscript Edit this at Wikidata
Description
The manuscript opens with three illuminated spreads. The first (folios 2b—3a) bears an index of surah headings, while the second (folios 3b—4a) has the prayer to be recited on commencing a readin ... See full description on web site.
Language Arabic / Persian Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1844 (main text); Persian translation dated 25 Sha'ban 1272 ( 2 May 1856); binding dated 1269 AH (1852-3 AD)
Medium ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper; contemporary lacquer-painted binding
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
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Place of creation Shiraz, Iran
Exhibition history
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-single-volume-quran-qur914/ (EnglishEdit this at Wikidata

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Description Single-volume Qur'an
Source Khalili Collections
Author Khalili Collections

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