AN ILLUMINATED QAJAR QURAN BY JA'FAR AL-NARDI, DATED 1240 AH/1824 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 14 lines of elegant black naskh script in clouds reserved against a gold sprinkled ground, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers outlined in black with blue dots, large gilt and polychrome floral marginal juz' and hizb medallions, text within double gold rules, surah headings in large thuluth script outlined in black on cartouches on a polychrome floral illuminated ground, occasional marginal commentary in black nasta'liq, opening two bifolia fully illuminated in gold and polychrome framing 7ll in clouds reserved against a gold sprinkled ground, end of the text with prayers and dedication. The final page signed 'written by Ja'far Al-Nardi and dated in 1240 AH'. In gilt lacquer binding embellished with large flower heads amongst foliage. Text panel: 7.5 by 13.5 cm. Folio: 12.5 by 19.5 cm