Title: Five folios of a Qur’an | خمسة صفحات من القران
Scribe: Unknown | مجهول
Script: Naskh
Date: ~1205H | 1790CE
Size: 38.7 x 23 CM
Folios: 5ff.
Description: 11 Lines/Page | Strong black naskh script within gold clouds, gold roundels between verses, illuminated marginal medallions, marking every tenth verse, red Persian interlinear translation, sura headings in red, margins with Tafsir written in black and red Nasta’liq. The final folio of this Qur’an, not in this collection, contained a dated note: 1205H. | Incipit & Explicit: Leaves from Various Surahs
Provenance: The opening flyleaf is inscribed with a note reading:
This copy of the Koran, formerly the property of the Bahadoor, Nawab of Banda was delivered after the great victory obtained over Rebels and Mutineers by Major General Whitlocks Troops on the 19th of April 1858 to the Revd A Kinloch, the Chaplain of the Horse and presented by him as a slight token of affectionate remembrance to the Reverend George Gleed the Vicar of Chalfont St.Peters, Bucks
Banda Palace April 29th 1858 A further note on the final flyleaf reads: This Copy of the Koran was taken from the apartments of Ali Bahadoor, Nawab of Banda after the occupation of his City and Palace by the Madras Column under Major General Whitlock. These 5 leaves came from the complete Qur’an (426 Folios) that sold for $2,944 at Christie’s Islamic Arts and Manuscripts auction (Sale 6814, Lot 34) on 14 October, 2003 in London, UK. They were then sold off in single folios by an Antiquarian regrettably.
Accession #: Ms.027ff