An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ahmad ibn Mulla Uthman, India, Mughal, dated 1143 AH/1730-31 AD

Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 445 leaves, plus 4 fly leaves, 13 lines to the page written in naskh in black ink, within gold and blue rules, verses separated by gold roundels with blue dots, further text divisions marked by marginal inscriptions in red and blue and illuminated marginal medallions, surah headings in white on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, f.1b and f.2a with double page illuminated frontispiece framing text, following bifolio with gold floral illuminated margins, 6 bifolia with similarly illuminated margins within the text, in gilt brown leather binding

text panel: 15.6 by 8.2cm.

leaf: 22.8 by 12.5cm.