An exceptional Qur'an Scroll, reportedly once displayed above Shah Jahan's Peacock Throne, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [India (probably Delhi), first decades of seventeenth century] single scroll formed of over 20 paper membranes, entire scroll mounted on fine polished paper forming wider margins around the textual scroll, comprising text from Surah al-Baqarah to al-Nas, being a near-complete Qur'an lacking only the first section of the first membrane (probably removed for the illumination of the opening section: see below), consecutive lines in fine black naskh, surah headings in red, some small sections of text rubbed and a few scattered spots, outer edges of scroll with some light water-staining, total length 16,100 mm. (16.1 meters) by 75 mm.; in early twentieth-century custom silver chest, inscribed la Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad'ur Aasul'ullah, this contained in another custom-made green morocco box lined with green silk, and these both placed inside a leather travel case fitted with a magnifying glass holder, typed letter from E.C. Gould loosely inserted containing provenance and physical description of contents The typed letter included here indicates that the scroll is of extreme cultural and historical significance, as it once adorned the throne room of the great Moghul Emperor Shahejahan where it had a place of reverence right above the Peacock Throne. The writer then explains that after the Emperor's death a scuffle took place among his attendants over the ruler's most treasured posessions, this being a prominent feature, which resulted in the first two siparahs being separated from the rest of the scroll.
An exceptional Qur'an Scroll, reportedly once displayed above Shah Jahan's Peacock Throne, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [India (probably Delhi), first decades of seventeenth century] single scroll formed of over 20 paper membranes, entire scroll mounted on fine polished paper forming wider margins around the textual scroll, comprising text from Surah al-Baqarah to al-Nas, being a near-complete Qur'an lacking only the first section of the first membrane (probably removed for the illumination of the opening section: see below), consecutive lines in fine black naskh, surah headings in red, some small sections of text rubbed and a few scattered spots, outer edges of scroll with some light water-staining, total length 16,100 mm. (16.1 meters) by 75 mm.; in early twentieth-century custom silver chest, inscribed la Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad'ur Aasul'ullah, this contained in another custom-made green morocco box lined with green silk, and these both placed inside a leather travel case fitted with a magnifying glass holder, typed letter from E.C. Gould loosely inserted containing provenance and physical description of contents The typed letter included here indicates that the scroll is of extreme cultural and historical significance, as it once adorned the throne room of the great Moghul Emperor Shahejahan where it had a place of reverence right above the Peacock Throne. The writer then explains that after the Emperor's death a scuffle took place among his attendants over the ruler's most treasured posessions, this being a prominent feature, which resulted in the first two siparahs being separated from the rest of the scroll.
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