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Double headpiece (sarlauh) from the Qur’an signed by Muhammad b. Sultan Shah al-Harawi, dated to Herat, 1485. TSMK, H.S. 4, ff. 1b-2a

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Muhammad b. Sultan Shah al-Harawi
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English: Double headpiece (sarlauh) from the Qur’an signed by calligrapher Muhammad b. Sultan Shah al-Harawi. Herat, dated to 9 Ramadan 890 (September 19, 1485)

Inscribed in alternate sequence in a line of elongated muḥaqqaq followed by six lines of short naskh, then a line in elongated thuluth, again followed by six lines of short naskh, and subsequently another line of elongated muḥaqqaq. The headers, frames, and margins of the first two suras, where the almond-shaped seal of Sultan Bayezid II is stamped, are sumptuously illuminated in the Herat style. The leather binding with moulded outer covers and doublures, bearing central medallions and corner pieces, is the work of a Herat master binder. Although not a large manuscript, its elegant illumination, covers, and masterful rendering of the text make it one of the finest masterpieces cited by ʿAtufi. This Qurʾan, a select and stunning product of the Herat workshop of the Timurid sultan Husayn Bayqara (r. 1468–1506), must have been sent from that city as a gift to Bayezid II no later than fifteen years after its completion.

Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi, H.S. 4, ff. 1b-2a
Date 1485
date QS:P571,+1485-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q170495
Accession number
H.S. 4, ff. 1b-2a
References https://doi-org.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/10.1163/9789004402508_006
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