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al-Qurʼān. --
Title
al-Qurʼān. -- 1886.
القرآن. -- 1886.
Physical Description
194 leaves (in 1 volume) ; 33 x 24 cm.
Language
Arabic
Notes
Fair naskhī, in red and black.
Loose in Islamic binding, in red, with flap.
Colophon: "Taḥarrara hādhā ... bi-yawm al-Jumʻah ... 13 Shawwāl, sanat 1303. Mulk Muḥammad Wahbī Ḥusayn."
الخاتمة: "تحرر هذا ... بيوم الجمعة ... 13 شوال، سنة 1303. ملك محمد وهبي حسين."
Translation of the colophon: "Written ... on Friday ... 13 Shawwāl, 1303 [of the Hijrah = 15 July, 1886]. Owned by Muḥammad Wahbī Ḥusayn."
Provenance
Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Summary
A prayer by the Mahdī of Sudan is found on leaf 194 recto.
Lacuna between leaves 7 and 8.
Copied in A.H. 1303 (A.D. 1886).
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Qurʼān. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Qurʼān. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 19th century
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