File:Opening double-page from the juz' 9 of the Sultan Barquq's Qur'an (BL Or 848 f. 1v-2r).jpg

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Opening double-page from the juz' 9 of the Sultan Barquq's Qur'an. Copied by ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mukattib al-Ashrafi (attribution), illuminated by Ibrahim al-Amidi (attribution) (BL Or 848 f. 1v-2r)

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Sultan Barquq’s Qur’an  wikidata:Q110301692 reasonator:Q110301692
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calligraphy:
creator_role QS:P,Q12681
Attributed to Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mukattib al-Ashrafi  (–1405) wikidata:Q109851634
 
Alternative names
Ali ibn Muhammad 'Usfur; Ali ibn Muhammad al-Katib
Description calligrapher and official
Date of birth/death 1405 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Damascus
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Cairo Edit this at Wikidata
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art of illumination:
creator_role QS:P,Q2353833
Attributed to Ibrahim al-Amidi  (1314–1394) wikidata:Q110189622
 
Description illuminator and muhaddith
Date of birth/death 1314 Edit this at Wikidata 1394 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Diyarbakır Cairo
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Title
Opening double-page from the juz' 9 of the Sultan Barquq's Qur'an
Object type illuminated manuscript / calligraphic work Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Opening double-page from the juz' 9 of the Sultan Barquq's Qur'an. This opening contains all that remains of the double carpet pages and first page of text. The leaf that was originally between them has been lost. Chapter 7, al-A‘raf (The Heights), verses 88–89. Copied by ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mukattib al-Ashrafi (attribution), illuminated by Ibrahim al-Amidi (attribution) perhaps assisted by another artist. Donated by a deed of waqf (religious endowment) to a mosque in Cairo by Sultan Faraj ibn Barquq (1399 - 1412), probably originally commissioned by Sultan al-Ashraf Sha'ban or his mother Khawand Baraka. Rayhani script. Cairo, c. 1370 - 1375. British Library Oriental Manuscripts 848 f. 1v-2r
Language Arabic Edit this at Wikidata
Date between 1370 and 1375
date QS:P,+1370-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1370-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1375-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium paper, ink, watercolor paint and gold Edit this at Wikidata
institution QS:P195,Q23308
institution QS:P195,Q391976
institution QS:P195,Q1641836
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Place of creation Mamluk Sultanate Edit this at Wikidata
References D. James, Qur'ans of the Mamluks, Alexandria Press, London, 1988, p. 212 - 214, 233
Source/Photographer https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/dst%20discovering%20sacred%20texts/collection%20items/sultan-barquqs-quran-or_848_f1v-2r.jpg
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