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A Mughal Qur'an dedicated to Ibrahim Khan, copied by Muhammad Salih at the request of Ghulam...

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Lot 180

A Mughal Qur'an dedicated to Ibrahim Khan, copied by Muhammad Salih at the request of Ghulam...

Price Realised: £1,968

Estimate: £800 - £1,200

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (31.2% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 180

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A Mughal Qur'an dedicated to Ibrahim Khan, copied by Muhammad Salih at the request of Ghulam Hussein al-Yenshapuri (?), 
India,  dated 1 Dhu al-Qida 1080AH/ 23 March 1670, 

Arabic manuscript on paper, 283ff., with 15ll. of black naskh to the page, corrections in red, with gold and polychrome verse marker roundels, verse headers in blue ink on gold, gold and polychrome marginal illumination, occasion gold floral decorated margins, opening bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome with an unusual addition of lavender, second folio with illuminated gold and polychrome header, with unusual opening Sura 1 over the two initial roundels and sura 2 beginning following the illuminated header, with 19th century prayers following the colophon, in Indian 19th century deep red morocco binding with silver painted decoration and tooled ogival medallions,  

folio 17.4 x 11cm.  

There was a senior Mughal administrator in Bengal called Ibrahim Khan, whose dates fit with the above qur'an.

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