Qur'an scroll from Mamluk Cairo
| Müellif | Muhammad ibn Mansur `Ali al-Hanafi al-Husayni al-Kakhtawi |
| Materyal türü | Yazma eser |
| Dil | İngilizce |
| Kurum | Chester Beatty |
| Kaynak | Europeana |
| Not | Qur'an scroll from Mamluk Cairo. This remarkable Qur'an scroll is over 11m in length. It contains the complete text of the Qur'an, laid out in a sequence of shaped panels and also down the long borders on the sides, with gold-painted margins and leafy illumination throughout. There are also further sections, adding with the powerful primary blessing (baraka) associated with the Qur'an itself: a set of talismanic squares (awfaq) each linked with a different planet, followed by short prayers to the Prophet, the four Rashidun caliphs and Imams Hasan, Husayn and Ja`far al-Sadiq, all to protect the patron. This combination of Islamic faith with astrological concepts is a good example of "licit magic", a widespread social system of invoking protective unseen forces, used in conjunction with more mainstream religion. Scroll, ink, colours and gold on paper, Arabic text in naskh script of varying sizes (ghubar, large naskh, and occasionally larger text reserved against the ghubar), text set in a sequence of panels of different shapes (rectangles, stars, ovals, medallions and lobed medallions) on gold and blue foliate illumination, framed within inscribed or plaited borders, the Qu'ran (originally the complete text, but now missing suras 1 to 2:75, 3:40-154) , followed by talismanic squares (awfaq) for each planet, and additional protective prayers (hijab) and eulogies to the Prophet, Four Rashidun Caliphs, and three of the Imams Hasan, Husayn and Ja`far al-Sadiq, produced for Yalbugha al-`Umari or al-Khassaki (r. 1362-66, former Mamluk amir of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad), colophon signed by Muhammad ibn Mansur `Ali al-Hanafi al-Husayni al-Kakhtawi, Cairo, Egypt, dated Jumada I-II 763H (colophon one), February-April 1362, and also 15 Dhu'l-Hijja 767H (colophon two), 23 August 1366.; Cover, rolled |
Muhammad ibn Mansur `Ali al-Hanafi al-Husayni al-Kakhtawi, Qur'an scroll from Mamluk Cairo, Chester Beatty, https://www.europeana.eu/item/1100/3411?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=mmurvess.