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accession number:	1924.746.2.b
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Qur'an Manuscript Folio (verso); Text Page, 1500s. Afghanistan, Herat, Safavid period (1501–1722). Ink, gold, and colors on paper; sheet: 28 x 17.4 cm (11 x 6 7/8 in.); text area: 19.6 x 10.6 cm (7 11/16 x 4 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1924.746.2.b

title:				Qur'an Manuscript Folio (verso); Text 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: 28 x 17.4 cm (11 x 6 7/8 in.); Text area: 19.6 x 10.6 cm (7 11/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
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	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.

Sura al-Baqara [Chapter:The Cow] 2:5-part 14 (Arabic)
Script: Naskhi (twelve lines to a page)

Written in a very tiny hand, in the center of the white border that surrounds the lower rectangle, is the signature of the illuminator.  The inscription is damaged, so that the name is illegible.  Ir reads:  amala [illegible] al-muzahib (the work of  [illegible] the illuminator).
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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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