SULTANATE
(c.1200-c.1500) |
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QUR'AN |
Qur'an, 1200s, from Spain or North Africa, in the Vatican collection. |
*IRAN* |
More examples from this period from *IRAN* |
*MAMLUKS* |
More examples from this period from *the MAMLUKS* |
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Several Sultanate-period examples |
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Qur'an in maghribi script, 1200-1300's, possibly from Spain; a leaf from the Met, and other examples. |
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From 1304-06 (704/5), this is the earliest dated Qur'an of the Mamluk period. Special ZOOM-able pages produced by the British Library. |
1329* |
1329, Mecca, a hadith collection in Naskh script, from the *Schoyen Collection* |
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Qur'an leaves in the unusual "Bihari" script, from the 1400's; two separate examples |
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Leaf from a small Shah-namah, 1400's. This image, from the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, has ZOOM capabilities for close examination. |
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A leaf from the huge "Baysunqur Qur'an," Central Asia, c.1400 |
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An inscription panel in thuluth and kufic, Samarqand, 1404 |
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A late Sultanate Qur'an, from 1516, by 'Abdullah al-Khadim |
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