Tuesday 11 June 2024

Tehran 1827 (+ 1831)

Here images from the first Persian type set mushaf.
... and an illustration from a book by Borna Izad­panah:
... and three from a 1831 print set with the same types from Borna Izad­panah's twitter account (the Royal Asiatic Society holds it). First a page with the beginning of sura XV ‒ note that there is empty space for a colour title box.
here 2:138 and the next verse
last a fake: in the first line I have moved a turned kasra /ī/ from under yāʾ for­ward under its letter. In the second line 2:15 is interest­ing because /ʾallāh/ HERE gets a fatha (which includes a hamza) because of the pause before it:
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