A single folio page from a 16th Century Safaivid Persian Koran, with continuous text of 12 lines and as Juz marginal indicating 5th or 10th verse with commentary beneath. The script, in black Nastaliq, has 5 aya verse indicators in gold divided into 4 parts. There are multiple diacritical (devotional markings) in red within the script. Possibly from Surat 2 Al-Baqarah, where Marut is mentioned, Marut (and Harut) being said to tempt humans by teaching them the arts of sorcery (siḥr) in Babylon. Please note that shipping costs are not solely the cost of the postal delivery service itself. Included within the shipping price is the work undertaken to prepare the article, for photography, for uploading to Catawiki, for preparation and packaging the article securely and for transporting the article to the postal delivery agent for processing. Also, please consider when bidding on this lot that this artwork is shipped from the UK. Import duties will now have to be paid by the recipient to the Postal Service when the parcel arrives in your country. This will likely vary between 5% and 20% of the sale price depending on your country's Import Rate, so please check this if you are concerned. This is a Tax collected on behalf of your Government and is not an additional fee charged by us.