Lot 1137

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Nice collection of 9 volumes, each containing parts of the suras of the Koran.

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North Africa, 19th c

9 vol., 11 x 15 cm, 58 pp. each and some flyleaves before and after. On paper, 8 lines a page of bold black magribî script with polychrome punctuation within a red and blue ruling.

Identically bound in brown leather with a flap, decorated with blind tooling.

The subdivision of these fragments corresponds only occasionally with the traditional subdivision into 30 Juz' (plural: Ajzâ'). The 9 volumes start with the following suras and verses: 1. Sura 1, "al-Fâtiha" ("Opening Sura"). - 2. Sura 4, "al-Nisâ'" ("The Women"), verse 6. - 3. "al-Nisâ'", verse 148. - 4. Sura 7, "al-A'râf" ("The Heights"), verse 1. - 5. Sura 8, "al-Anfâl" ("The Windfalls"), verse 5. - 6. Sura 9, "al-Tawba" ("Repentance"), verse 93. - 7. Sura 18, "al-Kahf" ("The Cave"), verse 75. - 8. Sura 37, "al-Saffât" ("Those who dress the ranks"), verse 145. - 9. Sura 41, "Fussilat" ("Made distinct"), verse 9.

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Lot 1137

Nice collection of 9 volumes, each containing parts of the suras of the Koran.

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