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A bi-folio rescued from a Qur'an originating from Qajar Persia and scribed around 1850. The format is miniature, indicating that this would likely have been a travelling companion Qur'an.  

The bi-folio contains the final verses of Chapter 17, Al-Isra (The Night Journey) and the Surah (Chapter heading) and first 11 verses of Chapter 18, Al-Kahf (The Cave). The final verses of Chapter 17 offer advice to the Prophet about prayer and reverence. The first verses of Chapter 18, tells the message of the Qur'an as the perfect guide, giving good news to the believers and fair warning to disbelievers and advises the Prophet to be steadfast.   

The bi-folio has an elaborate header with two floral celestial blue end pieces, with the title written in red within a gold cartouche. Simple gold aya with red central dot and four blue markings on the blue circumference, mark the verses on the folio pages. 

The scripture is framed first with a thin gold frame and enveloped within a marge thicker gold frame surround and a thin blue lined frame to complete it.  Outside of this is leafy decoration. in faded gold.

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.   

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. This is a Tax collected on behalf of your Government and is not an additional delivery fee charged by me. 


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