A monumental Mughal one-page Quran, India, Deccan, Bijapur, dated 25 1154 AH/1741 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper mounted on canvas, thirty columns with alternating green, orange and beige backgrounds, each with 248-250 lines of text written in naskh script in black ink, verses separated by gold roundels, intercolumnar rules in blue, borders filled with polychrome floral scrolls and cartouches heightened with gold

In good condition, some creases where once folded, some ware and rubbing consistent with age, parts of inscription re-stored, possibly during time of creation, as viewed.
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A similar Qur'an, dated 1150 AH/1738 AD, is in the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (Illustrated in Malaysia 2002, pp.146-147).