Decorated Word Pt. I : Qua'rans of the 17th to 19th Centuries

Name: Decorated Word Pt. I : Qua'rans of the 17th to 19th Centuries
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ISBN: 9780197276037

ISBN-10: 0197276032

ISBN-13: 9780197276037

Edition: 1997

Authors: Manijeh Bayani, Anna Contadini

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Description:

This two-part volume is the last of four dedicated to the Qur'ans in the Khalili Collection, and covers the period 1700-1900 and items from Islamic Africa, Ottoman Turkey, Iran, India and the Far East.

Book details

List price: $350.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 334
Size: 10.50" wide x 15.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 6.732
Language: English



Foreword


Noble exceptions. Qur'an production beyond the Islamic empires



China. Qur'ans of the Ming period


The Indian Ocean


A Qur'an once in Zanzibar. Connections between India, Arabia and the Swahili coast


The Qur'anic script of Western Sudan. Maghribi or Ifriqi?


The Mediterranean world



North Africa. The maintenance of a tradition


The Levant in the 17th century


Istanbul and its scribal diaspora. The calligraphers of Mustakim-zade


Iran. The late Safavid renewal and Ahmad Nayrizi



India after 1600. Qur'an patronage and the Mughals



Amanat Khan. Master calligrapher of the Taj Mahal


India and Iran. A complex relationship


The 'Kashmiri' style


Documentation


Concordances


Bibliography