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Non-illustrated manuscript, folio
Qur'an Manuscript
Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri
A.H. 707/ A.D. 1307–8
Iraq, Baghdad
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
20 3/16 x 14 1/2in. (51.3 x 36.8cm)
Codices
Rogers Fund, 1955
55.44
Inscriptions: (In Arabic; text in muhaqqaq script): "Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, praising Allah and blessing His prophet Muhammad and his family and his companion and saluting"; (in kufic script, on upper and lower bands): "Baghdad may Allah the Exalted honor it, in the months of the year 707" (H. McAllister, trans.)
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