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AN OTTOMAN QURAN SIGNED IBRAHIM TATEFI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1277 AH/1860 AD
A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, each page with 15 lines written in black naskh script, tajwid in red, ruled in gilt and red borders, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black with polychrome dots. Surah headings in white thuluth script on a gilt ground, large gold and polychrome marginal floral motifs indicating 'Juz and Hizb'. Two opening pages heavily with gilt and polychrome decoration framing 7 lines of black naskh script in clouds reserved against a sprinkled gold ground. The last three pages with a prayer for completion of the recitation of the Quran (Due- al-Khatm) and signed Ibrahim al-Tatefi student of Omer Na'ily known as Imam Zadeh and dated 1277 AH/1860 AD. In gilt brown morocco binding with flap. 10 by 14 cm.
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AN OTTOMAN QURAN SIGNED IBRAHIM TATEFI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1277 AH/1860 AD
