File:Frontispiece from the Hamadan Qur'an (National Library of Egypt Masahif Rasid 72, ff.1v-2r).jpg

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Frontispiece from the Hamadan Qur'an. Copied and illuminated by 'Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Hamadhani. Hamadan, September 1313 (National Library of Egypt Masahif Rasid 72, ff.1v-2r)

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'Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Hamadhani
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English: Frontispiece from the Hamadan Qur'an. Copied and illuminated by 'Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Hamadhani. Commissioned by Sultan Öljaitü, shortly after its completion this manuscript was sent to Cairo as a gift to Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad. Later it became the property of a Mamluk amir Sayf al-Din Baktamur, who in April 1326 gave it to his mausoleum in Cairo. Hamadan, September 1313. National Library of Egypt Masahif Rasid 72, ff. 1v-2r
Date September 1313
date QS:P571,+1313-09-00T00:00:00Z/10
institution QS:P195,Q2778411
Accession number
Masahif Rasid 72, ff. 1v-2r
References D. James, Qur'ans of the Mamluks, Alexandria Press, London, 1988, p. 111 - 126, 238.
Source/Photographer http://www.darelkotob.gov.eg/HeritageImages/m72.jpg

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