Codex, Siyu (?), undated, Naskh with Thuluth elements

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Entry ID: Kenya_ZH_06
Author: Zulfikar Hirji
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 1163 – 1267 H.; 1749 – 1850
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Kenya, Lamu Archipelago, Pate Island, Siyu (?)
Present Location: Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, London (UK). RAS Arabic 12A
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Color of the Script: black; red; white
Signature: Khatīb b.
Abd al-Rahmān al-Siwī
Signature Role: copyist
Remarks (General Identification): Volume two of a two-volume Quran: (Q. 19-114)
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): 30.48 x 20.57 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 15 lines
Technique: written
Remarks (Support): Leather binding - blind-embossed/punched. Possibly original.
Bibliography: Digby, Simon. “A Qurʾan from the East African Coast.” Art and Archaeology Research Papers, no. 7 (1975).; Hirji, Zulfikar. “The Siyu Qur’ans: Three Illuminated Qur’an Manuscripts from Coastal East Africa.” In Approaches to the Qur’an in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by Zulfikar Hirji. Qur’anic Studies Series 19. Oxford University Press ; The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2019.; Hirji, Zulfikar. “A Corpus of Illuminated Qurʾāns from Coastal East Africa.” Journal of Islamic Manuscripts 14, nos. 2–4 (2023): 356–95.

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additional characteristics: Final dāl / dhāl crescent tail; Final dhāl with point inside tail; Certain letters such as the loop for jīm /khā’/hā’ and the inside of kāf are filled in red; Lām/’alif two almost parallel strokes

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Description: Codex, Siyu (?), undated, Naskh with Thuluth elements
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Description: Codex, Siyu (?), undated, Naskh with Thuluth elements
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Photographer: Zulfikar Hirji
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