- miniature Quran on vellum/parchment with original brown cover
- size is very small at 3.8 cm x 3 cm (1.5" x 1.18")
- 3.4 cm in thickness (1.33")
- 8 illuminated pages, 4 pages at the start and 4 pages at the end
- 137 leaves, with 273 written including illuminated pages
- 10 lines per page in black ink and red margins
- complete Quran 30 ajza (chapters) with no missing pages
- origin from middle east
- this Quran was written in 1225 Hijri (1810/1811 AD) as stated on its last page
- calligraphy and illumination are rather unsophisticated, as common with miniature Qurans, which mainly served apotropaic and mnemonic rather than representative purposes
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