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Qur'an
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Description
This superb Qur’an is known as the ‘Tipu Sultan Qur’an’ after the name of one of its owners, the ruler of the Indian Kingdom of Mysore (1782-1799). It is amongst the treasures of the Bodleian Oriental Collections. The pages shown here contain the du‘a al-khatm, the prayer that closes the recitation of the whole Qur’an.
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1550 (AH 957)
- Artist/maker
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‘Ala’i al-Din Muhammad al-Saljuqi (active 16th century) (calligrapher)
- Associated people
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Tipu Sultan (ruled 1782 - 1799) (owner)East India Company (1600 - 1874) (owner)
- Material and technique
- ink, colour, and gold on paper; bound in goat leather, with stamped, tooled, gilded, and lacquered decoration
- Dimensions
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closed 39 x 26.4 x 69 cm (height x width x depth)
leaves 344 (count)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › gold,
- Technique index
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covered › metallized › gilded,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI2045.1
Location
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- returned to owner
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