A Safavid illuminated Qur'an, copied by 'Abdullah al-Yazdi,  

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A Safavid illuminated Qur'an, copied by 'Abdullah al-Yazdi, Safavid Iran, late 17th Century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 239ff., 4fl., 17ll. to the pages written in naskhi in black ink, interlinear rules in gold, inner margins ruled in black, blue and gold, re-margined throughout with loss of Persian marginal notes, double-page illuminated frontispiece, sura headings written in riqa' in gold, seal impression in black ink to first folio, four leaves of prayers at beginning of text, three leaves of commentaries at end of text, lacquered papier-mâchē binding decorated with bold roses amidst other flowers within floral borders, against gold dusted field, 17.5 x 11cm. Footnotes : The only record of a work signed as 'Abdullah al-Yazdi is a manuscript of the Seven Days Prayers, dated to the 17th Century. There is also an 'Abdullah al-Yazdi, son of Muhammad Muhsin, whose recorded works are dated between AH 1079/AD 1668-69 and AH 1109/AD 1697-98 (this last example of AH 1109 was sold at Christie's, Islamic Art and Indian Miniatures, 28th April 1998, lot 35). See M. Bayani, Ahval va athar-e khawshnavisan, vol. 4, 1358 sh, pp. 85 & 86. There is a date which perhaps reads AH 1236/AD 1820-21 within the bismallah of sura CX, al-nasr, which if a date, must refer to the re-margining. The manuscript starts with prayers on starting the reading of the Qur'an; prayers according to Imam 'Ali, to be read after having read the Qur'an; on how to perform divination with the Qur'an according to Ibn Tawus and explanations on divination on verses in Persian; symbols (in red) are references to the readers of the Qur'an; on different readings and abbreviations of a few verses. The extra text at the end of the main text consists of various commentaries on meanings of certain words. There is an 18th Century seal impression of a certain Murtada al-Husayni.

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