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al-Qurʼān: Kufic fragment [IO Loth 1] القرآن الكريم

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم : Kufic fragment</li> <li>This manuscript was 38A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   1. 38 A. Size 31/4 in. by 5 in.; foll. 64. Five lines in a page. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufic">Kûfic</a> MS. on parchment, containing fragments of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surah">Sûrah</a> <a href="https://quran.com/36">36</a>-<a href="https://quran.com/39">39</a>, viz. (foll. 2v.-6) Sû. 36, 26-40; (foll. 13-18, 7-8)1 47-71; (foll. 9-11) 74 to the end; (foll. 12, 19-20) Sû. 37, 1-15; (foll. 21-28) 20-64; (foll. 29-31) 71-90; (foll. 32-38) 102-145; (foll. 39-47) 151 to Sû. 38, 13; (foll. 48-59) 16-50; (foll. 60-61) 59-65; (fol. 62) 85 to the end, and the title of Sû. 39; (fol. 63, in four lines and in another handwriting) Sû. 39, 31-32, with the words کتبه علی ابوطالب (sic). Round characters; wide spaces; occasional red dots for vowels. Verses divided by gold ornaments; every tenth verse likewise marked by larger ones. The titles of the Sûrahs have not been filled in. The whole MS. has more recently been bordered with thick paper, which is entirely gilt and ornamented. At the beginning (foll. 1 and 2r.) Sûrah 1; at the end the usual epilogue, صدق الله الخ, both within ornaments. Bound in leather, and covered with silk. This MS. is said to have been “[Arabian books] brought into Hindostan by Tamerlane, and sent from Lahore to Paris.” [ed. note: this according to an eighteenth-century note on the flyleaf, which also says "Koran Kufic" and is signed "Charles."] ---------------------------------------- Note 1: The first eighteen leaves have been misplaced in binding. <ul> <li>[ed note: Catalogued in the library as IO Loth 1]</li> </ul>

• al-Qurʼān: Kufic fragment [IO Loth 5] القرآن الكريم

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān: Kufic fragment <ul> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 42A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), here with notations and hyperlinks]</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.35737/page/1/mode/2up">5</a>. 42A. Size 63/4 in. by 91/2 in.; foll. 181. Sixteen lines in a page. A large fragment of a <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufi">Kûfic</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428">Koran</a>, containing (foll. 13-20)2 <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Koransuren">Sûrah</a>. <a href="https://quran.com/5">5</a>, 112-6, 95; (foll. 25-34) <a href="https://quran.com/6">6</a>, 108-7, 63 (fol. 36) <a href="https://quran.com/7">7</a>, 104-126; (foll. 37-38) 7, 138-160; (fol. 35) <a href="https://quran.com/8">8</a>, 20-34; (fol. 39) <a href="https://quran.com/9">9</a>, 7-19; (fol. 21) 9, 38-51; (fol. 41) 9, 74-86; (fol. 42) 9, 108-118; (fol. 24) <a href="https://quran.com/10">10</a>, 12-23; (fol. 22) 10, 34-50; (fol. 23) <a href="https://quran.com/11">11</a>, 29-44; (foll. 1-4) <a href="https://quran.com/15">15</a>, 99-16, 70; (foll. 5-12) <a href="https://quran.com/20">20</a>, 34-21, 68; (foll. 66-75, 116-125, 86-105, 76-85) <a href="https://quran.com/21">21</a>, 88-31, 38; (foll. 40, 44-51, 43, 53, 140-147, 56, 63) <a href="https://quran.com/34">34</a>, 18-39, 63; (foll. 57-64) <a href="https://quran.com/41">41</a>, 20-43, 37; (foll. 65, 54, 134-136) <a href="https://quran.com/43">43</a>, 86-46, 11; (foll. 137-139, 55, 126) <a href="https://quran.com/46">46</a>, 35-48, 26; (foll. 163-166, 162) <a href="https://quran.com/50">50</a>, 1-53, 7; (foll. 133, 127-129, 148-151, 130-132, 152-161, 106-115, 167-176) <a href="https://quran.com/53">53</a>, 36-89, 3; (foll. 177-181) <a href="https://quran.com/93">93</a>, 10 to the end. Written in rather slender characters, approaching to <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasch%C4%AB">Naskh</a>. Frequent red dots for vowels. Titles of Sûrahs, in a still more cursive character, and in red, are regularly inserted, but often differ from the usual names, being always derived from the first word. Every tenth verse is marked with the letters serving for figures, according to the older or Maghribî order. Also every two hundredth verse is marked on the margin. At the end, in the same hand, کتبه عثمان بن عفان. [See <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37731">ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān</a>] Seal and signature of <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8597">Akbar </a>[1542-1605] and others on the last page. "Presented to the Library of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_House">East India House</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Henry_Rawlinson,_1st_Baronet">Major Rawlinson</a>, C. B., the Hon. Company's Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, and H. M.'s Consul at Baghdad, March, 1845." ---------------------------- 2 The leaves have been entirely misplaced in binding.

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القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 18A]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 18A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 25. 18A. Size 9 in. by 51/2 in.; foll. 394. Twenty-four lines in a page. Plainly written, marks of pauses, etc. With a Persian interlinear translation, written in a small Nasta’lîḳ, in red. Ornamented and gilt. Foll. 256 and 257 should be transposed; likewise foll. 260 and 261. The signature of <a href="http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1790-1820/member/johnson-richard-1753-1807">R. Johnson</a> (in Persian) on the title-page. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company_College">East India College</a>.]

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 24A]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 24A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 20. 24 A. Size 123/4 in. by 71/4 in.; foll. 62. Thirty-one lines in a page. A sixty-leaved copy; but the distribution of each section on four leaves is not quite exactly maintained. Written in small characters, each line beginning with an ا. Marks of pauses, sections, etc. Each page within lines of gold, the first four and the last highly gilt and ornamented. At the end the words تمت القران در شصت ورق, [The Qur'ān was completed in 60 sheets], followed by a long prayer. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company_College">East India College</a>.]

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القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 13A]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 13A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 34 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   34. 13 A. size 121/4 in. by 71/4 in.; foll. 30. About fifty lines in a page. Well written in minute characters, excepting the first, middle, and last lines of each page. Marks of sections. Highly gilt. Persian glosses. Dated A.H. 1266 [=CE 1849-50]. Scribe, Walî.

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القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 6A]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 6A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 33 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   33. 6 A. Size 61/2 in. by 4 in.; foll. 281. Seventeen lines in a page. Neatly written and ornamented like the <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4276081">preceding MSS</a>. In an illuminated binding.

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Bijapur 268]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 268 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 40 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 40. B 268. Size 7 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 12. Thirteen lines in a page. Sûrah 18 of the Koran. Mostly without division of verses. Vowel-points are but seldom added.

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 33A]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 33A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 36 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   36. 33 A. An octagon, perimeter 43/4 in.; foll. 285. Fifteen lines in a page. Written in a minute character, without division of verses; ornamented. The scribe names himself Mîrzâ ‘Alî, the secretary of Yazd, a resident of Shîrâz. A defect after fol. 256; the following leaves (to fol. 270) have been bound upside down. In an elegant binding, illuminated in the inside, and in a double case of filigree and stone.

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 36A]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 36A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 35 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>     35. 36 A. Size 41/2 in. by 21/2 in.; foll. 362. Fifteen lines in a page. Written in a minute but very legible character, with marks of pauses, sections, etc.; ornamented and gilt. Dated Jumâda II., 1101.

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 34A]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 34A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 37 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   37. 34 A. An octagon, perimeter 61/2 in.; foll. 346. Twelve lines in a page. Written in a minute but very legible character, with marks of pauses, etc. The first four pages bear golden ornaments. Part of the margin has been cut off. Bound in green leather, with a gold clasp.

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [9]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now 730 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 9. 730. Size 15 in. by 10 in.; foll. 363. Thirteen lines in a page. Beautifully written on a dyed ground, sprinkled with gold. The first, middle, and last lines in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuluth">Thulth</a>. Tastefully ornamented throughout. Marks of pauses, sections, etc. In a red leather binding, bearing the inscription لاَ یَمَسُّهُ إلُّا المُطَهُّرُونَ. [i.e only the purified one touches it]. [Tippu.]

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القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 1254]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1254 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 14. 1254. Size 181/2 in. by 111/4 in.; foll. 60. Thirty-one lines in a page. An elegant copy, richly ornamented. Marks of pauses, sections, etc. Written by Muḥammad Ṣâdiḳ Astarâbâdî, A.H. 1137 [=1724-25 CE]. [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan">Tippu</a>.]

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القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 1655]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1655 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 27. 1655. Size 12 in. by 8 in.; foll. 321. Twenty-six lines in a page. The Koran, with Persian interlineation and glosses. Written in a Persian hand, the interlineation in red. Marks of sections, etc. Ornamented and gilt. Fol. 191 should follow 201. At the end a prayer, and rules for obtaining omens (فأل) from the Koran; written in Nasta’lîḳ (except the Arabic passage), and highly gilt. In the original binding, with the usual inscription. [<a href="http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1790-1820/member/johnson-richard-1753-1807">Johnson</a>.]

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 1383]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1383 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 19 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   19. 1383. Size 13 in. by 81/2 in.; foll. 347. Fifteen lines in a page. Elegantly written; highly gilt and ornamented. Marks of pauses, sections, etc. Transcribed by Aḥmad b. Muḥammad, A. H. 1094 [=1683] Foll. 22 and 23, foll. 286-293, and foll. 312-315 have been misplaced in binding. In the original cover, with the inscription لاَ یَمَسُّهُ الخ [Do not touch it, etc. see <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3942208">Cat. no. 6</a>] [<a href="http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1790-1820/member/johnson-richard-1753-1807">Johnson</a>.]

al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 1376] القرآن الكريم

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1376 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 11. 1376. Size 17 in. by 91/2 in.; foll. 31. Thirty-nine lines in a page. Another thirty-leaved copy. Arranged and executed like the <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3946751">preceding MS</a>. [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan">Tippu</a>.]

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 1389]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1389 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 22 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 22. 1389. Size 13 in. by 8 in.; foll. 62. Twenty-seven lines in a page. Arranged on sixty pages, each four of which contain a section (جزء). Each line begins with an ا, written in red. Marks of pauses and sections. [<a href="http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1790-1820/member/johnson-richard-1753-1807">Johnson</a>.]

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 3090]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 3090 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 38 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 38. 3090. Size 73/4 in/ by 51/2 in.; foll. 10. Fourteen lines in a page. A fragment of the Koran, between blank leaves. Well written, with marks of pauses, etc. It contains the end of the 11th and neatly the whole of the 12th section, i.e. Sû. 10, 107-12, 48; the rest of the 12th section (to v. 52) has been supplied in a clumsy modern hand. On a page near the beginning is a note in Persian, stating that the title of this incomplete Arabic book could not be found out (!).

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 3048]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 3048 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 39 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 39. 3048. Size 8 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 28. Thirteen lines in a page. The 23rd and 24th جزء of the Koran (Sû. 36, 27-41, 46). Plainly written in a Malay hand.

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al-Qurʼān: Kufic fragment [IO Loth 3] القرآن الكريم

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم : Kufic fragment</li> <li>This manuscript is now 40A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 3. 40 A. Size 43/4 in. by 7 in.; foll. 46. Nine lines in a page. Another <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufic">Kûfic</a> fragment, containing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surah">Sûrah</a> <a href="https://quran.com/1">1</a>, 6 نعمت- <a href="https://quran.com/2">2</a> , 160 کحبّ; large, long-shaped characters; vowel points red, green, or yellow, in a few cases also blue. Sometimes, as if to indicate various readings, small lines are added on د, in green or red, instead of diacritical points. Verses divided by gold ornaments; every tenth marked by larger ones, which contain the number. The title of Sû. 2 is on a gold ground. One leaf is missing between foll. 7 and 8, and two between foll. 32 and 33. The last leaf, which is half destroyed, belongs to another fragment (in five lines). Both this and the first page have been entirely gilt. In a leather binding, covered with silk. Some one has noted that the MS. was written by <a href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ali-b-abi-taleb">ʿAlî</a> (fol. 46).

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al-Qurʼān: Kufic fragment [IO Loth 2] القرآن الكريم

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم : Kufic fragment</li> <li>This manuscript is now 39A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 2. 39 A. Size 4 in. by 6 in.; foll. 52. Three lines in a page. Another <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufic">Kûfic </a>fragment, containing (foll. 1-34) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surah">Sûrah</a> <a href="https://quran.com/2">2</a>, 254-282, and (foll. 35-51) Sû. <a href="https://quran.com/3">3</a>, 14-32. Large characters, rather cursive; the لا flourished in a peculiar way. A few red dots for vowels. Verses marked in the same way as in the preceding MS [=<a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3931737">Catalogue no. 1</a>], bordered with paper, highly ornamented and gilt. The last leaf-on the back of which are also Kûfic characters, but nearly effected-bears on the recto, within ornaments, the words: کتب حسن بن علی (sic). On some pages the letters have vanished; the margin is slightly injured. Bound in gilt leather.