DBId: 143
Entry author: Ilona Chmilevskaia
Node type: Manuscript
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Qur'an
Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Daghestan Federal Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences Collection of Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Daghestan Federal Research Centre RAS F. 14. No 291 161 fols Homogeneous Parchment Single text
8r There is no title on the manuscript; the first lines of the surahs of the Koran are highlighted in a larger font Arabic ArabicInstitution
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1500
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The manuscript contains a subscript commentary in Arabic. The copyist Mullah Bahal bin Abdul from Tpig village. The beginning and end of the manuscript are missing. The text of the Qur'an is written in black ink, the names of the surahs are red. Handwriting is naskh. Ownership records: On p. 160 there is the following entry: "This Koran was bequeathed by Tanuhai, the daughter of Ashura from v. Tpig of the main mosque in Tpig, fearing Allah and hoping to enter Paradise." There are many other assembly notes at the beginning and at the end of the manuscript. The binding is cardboard, covered with brown leather. There is an embossment in the form of a floral ornament on the central field of the binding. The paper of the manuscript is locally produced, dense, thin in places, darkened.
Ilona Chmilevskaia