1831–1832
This Qur'an manuscript opens with double illuminated pages with prayers copied in gold in medallions and pendants in the center. The first text pages containing sura 1 and 2 are also fully illuminated as well as the beginning of each juz. The remaining text pages are copied in 15 lines to a page in naskh script. The Persian translation is written in red ink under each line. The manuscript was copied by Ibn Muhammad Sharif Abu'l-Qasim al-Isfahani in Jumada I 1247 H (November 1831). On the outer covers, the lacquer binding repeats the design of the illumination. A lobed medallion with pendants is set against a field covered with arabesque; the central field is framed by prayers in cartouches arranged as the border. On the inner surface, a lobed medallion with pendants holding mixed flowers is set against a red ground embellished with gold arabesque.