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A well preserved manuscript miniature leaf from a Qur'an originating in the state of Bihar, India, circa 1425. It contains an elaborate illuminated marginal Juz on the front side and a well preserved juz on the rear of the folio. Allah is written in gold throughout as emphasis of the importance of Allah to the reader. 

The leaf is from the Medinian Chapter 20 An-Nur (The Light), v 18-26, which offers guidance to believers on how to react to false rumour against Aishah, the Prophet's wife, offering warnings to slanderers and to those tempted to walk in Satan's footsteps, suggesting that believers continue to offer the poor and needy support, and not deny this in the name of God. 

The folio is written the distinctive Behari script, with wide, heavy and extended horizontal lines, with thin verticals.  It contains two highly elaborate marginals upper right of the scripture marking the 20th and 25th verses of the Chapter. The whole is framed simply in two red lines. 

This prosperous state, lying south of Nepal close bordering the Ganges river, became Muslim in the 12th century originally under the Bengal Governors.  The Muslim calligraphers developed a distinctive style of script called Bihari (after the State), characterised by wide, heavy and extended horizontal lines, and thin verticals. 

Because Bihar is a warm and humid province, manuscripts from there, do not generally keep well. This one, however, is in good condition with some minor smudging and loss of colour to the illuminations only and no signs of extensive humidity damage. As a miniature it probably came from a personal travelling Qur'an. 

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Qur'an - Quran - India (Bihar) - 1425

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