A COLLECTION OF FIVE INCOMPLETE QUR'ANS
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN TRUST
Iraq or Syria, 18th - 19th century; Possibly Egypt or Syria, 14th - 16th century; Northern India, 19th century; Possibly Iraq or Iran, 16th - 17th century; India, 18th - 19th century

Arabic manuscript on paper, 174ff. plus 2 flyleaves, each folio with 12ll. of crisp black ink naskh script, missing from the text the first Sura al-Fatihah, the first 73 ayas of the second Sura al-Baqarah, and from Sura al-Kahf (18) to the end missing, some marks, verse markers, and chapter headings in red, catchwords, within red and blue rules, in recent burgundy fake leather paper binding laid on card, with green spine, the text panel 28.5cm x 16.4cm, the folio 35cm x 25cm; an Arabic manuscript on paper, 141ff. plus 2 flyleaves, each folio divided into two rectangular sections containing 6ll. of free-flowing black ink naskh interspersed amidst 3ll. of bold black ink thuluth script in larger font size, a total of 15ll. per folio, the text missing the first Sura al-Fatihah and the first 48 ayas of the second Sura al-Baqarah, and from Sura al-Hajj (22) to the end, chapter headings in red, some textual marks and marginal marks in red, verse markers with red dots, certain folios without rules and in a different hand, mostly within black and red rules, in a new pseudo-leather paper-covered binding, the text panel 30.5cm x 16.2cm, the folio 37.3cm x 22cm; Arabic manuscript on paper, 157ff. plus 2 flyleaves, each folio with 11ll. of clear black ink naskh script, the text comprising from Sura 14 (Ibrahim), aya 41 to Sura 34 (Saba'), aya 26, chapter headings in blue, red diacritic marks, gold rosettes as verse markers, catchwords, within gold, blue, black, and red rules, in black covered board binding and green spine, the text panel 22cm x 11cm, the folio 29.5cm x 20cm; Arabic manuscript on paper, 38ff. plus 2 flyleaves, each folio with 14ll. of black ink naskh script, the text missing folios from Sura 1 (al-Fatihah) until the middle of Sura 47 (Muhammad), and again from Sura 85 (al-Burooj) until the end, certain marks in red, gold lobed rosettes as verse markers, chapter headings in gold with blue diacritic marks, catchwords, within blue, red, gold, and black rules, in recent burgundy fake leather paper binding over card, with green spine, the text panel 31.3cm x 17cm, the folio 38cm x 25cm; Arabic manuscript on paper, 278ff. plus 2 flyleaves, each folio with 7ll. of bold black ink naskh script in a variety of calligraphers' hands, probably the Qur'an intended to be a calligraphic practice (levha) at a seminary school, the first four folios with interlinear translations in Urdu in red ink, the text featuring Sura al-Baqarah (2), aya 8 until Sura Yunus (10), aya 94, red diacritic marks, catchwords, in burgundy fake leather-covered board binding with green spine, the folio 31cm x 20cm.