Manuscripts from Indian Collection

Author(s): National Museum New Delhi
Publisher: National Museum New Delhi

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HOLY QURAN
Foll. 90; size 40x30 cm; parchment; Kufic script; 10 lines to a page; Arabic.
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2 illuminated folios. This manuscript is attributable to the 8th century A.D. and like other early copies of the Quran, it is written on parchment.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
MUKHTASAR-UL-KĀFI
Foll. 220; size 32x19 cm; paper; 55 lines to a page; early Arabic Naskh script; Arabic; dated A.H. 417 (A.D. 1027). Author: Abu'l Faḍl Muhammad bin Muhammad; scribe: Aḥmad bin Muhammad bin Ahmadud-Damghani-al-Ansari.
Begins :
الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمدلله رب العالمين
بسم
Ends:
الحمدلله رب العالمين والعاقبة للمتقين وصلي الللاعلي حمدوعلي آللا الطيبين قال ابوالفضل محمدبن احمد رضي الله عنه قداودعت كتابي هذا... ... الخ
... ابوحنيفة قال ينطلق مثل منها... كل واحد منهما القراة التي وقت ظهرها...صلى على محمد نبی... الخ
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