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accession number:	1924.746.1.a
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updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:59.812000

Qur'an Manuscript Folio (Recto); Illuminated Page, 1500s. Afghanistan, Herat, Safavid period (1501–1722). Ink, gold, and colors on paper; sheet: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1924.746.1.a

title:				Qur'an Manuscript Folio (Recto); Illuminated Page
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Afghanistan, Herat, Safavid period (1501–1722)
technique:	ink, gold, and colors on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Translation:
Surah I: 1-7:
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
Praise belongs to God, the Lord of all Being, the All
merciful, the All-compassionate, the Master of the Day of Doom

Thee only do we serve; to Thee alone do we pray for succour.
Guide us in the straight path, the path of those whom Thou
has blessed, not of those against whom Thou art wrathful,
nor of those who are astray.

Left folio (Surah II, 1-4)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
Alif Lam Mim
That is the book, wherein is no doubt, a guidance to the 
godfearing who believe in the Unseen, and perform the
prayer, and expend of that We have provided them; who
believe in what has been sent down to thee and that had been
sent down before thee, and have faith in the Hereafter;
those are upon guidance from their Lord, those are the ones
who prosper.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art: The International Language
	opening date:   1956-10-02T04:00:00
	<i>Art: The International Language</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

	title:		Materials of the Artist
	opening date:   1958-03-04T05:00:00
	<i>Materials of the Artist</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-December 12, 1958).

	title:		Decorative Style
	opening date:   1961-09-08T04:00:00
	<i>Decorative Style</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 8, 1961-January 7, 1962).

	title:		Oriental Art
	opening date:   1962-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>Oriental Art</i>. Berea College, Berea, KY (organizer) (November 1-December 1, 1962).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1924
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1924-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 23, p. 116; Reproduced: p. 40
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