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Islam -- Manuscripts

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

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Manuscript leaves from the Qur'an and Dala'il al-Khayrat

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0591
Scope and Contents This collection contains two single leaves from early manuscript (calligraphic) copies of the Qur'an (Koran) and two leaves from a manuscript copy of Dala'il al-Khayrat, a book of prayers for the prophet Muhammad by Moroccan Sufi scholar Muhammad ibn Sulayman Jazuli. Each leaf is written in Arabic. One Qu'ran leaf is from the Ottoman Period (c. 1847 AD) and retains its gold and color illumination. Its text contains the first sixteen verses of the Surat Al - Bagarah (the Cow). The second leaf...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1700 - 1900