[IO Islamic 35A] القرآن الكريم

al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 35A in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), here with further notations and hyperlinks].

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35 A. Size 8 in. by 5 in.; foll. 522. Eleven lines in a page.

A splendid copy; gilt throughout, with double front ornaments. Marks of pauses, sections, etc.

On the last page is the prayer usually recited after perusing the Koran, with an introduction in Persian.

Well written, “under royal auspices,” by Ḥâjjî ‘Abdallah.

This copy was intended for the special use of Tippu, as is stated in a note at the end (fol. 520). Various notes and directions, in different hands, on the margin, very often resembling those in the preceding MS [= Catalogue no. 5]. Preceded, also, by the same introduction.

One leaf is missing after fol. 22. Fol. 26 is much torn.

In a red leather binding, bearing all the marks and inscriptions mentioned in Stewart's Catalogue, Pref. p. v.