Arabic manuscript.- Illuminated manuscript Qur'an, 312ff., in Arabic on paper, single column, 15 lines, each page framed in gold, black, and red (with the exception of the final two leaves, which are on different paper and possibly in another hand and are framed in gold and black), verses separated by gilt circles touched with teal and pink paint, many gilt and painted rosettes in the margins, numerous headings in white on a gold ground in decorative pink, blue, or green frames with floral embellishments, and a beautiful doubele-page opening with multiple elaborate gold and color frames enclosing seven lines of text, a couple of leaves with minor repairs to margins, scattered marginal spotting and soiling (a bit heaver in places, but never severe), double-opening with a handful of minor ink smears in text, but in very good condition overall, later bright pink endpapers and pastedowns, ?original dark green calf, covers with gilt mandorla and cornerpieces, ruled in gilt, smooth brown calf spine, gilt decorative flap, a bit worn along spine and extremities, lacking the edge of the flap, 8vo (155 x 105mm.), Turkey, [early 18th century].*** A handsome manuscript Qur'an. Although we have not yet been able to confirm the identity of the scribe who copied this Qur’an, a laid-in note suggests that it is the work of Abdullah al-Zihni. Its beautiful double opening page is extraordinarily similar to another manuscript Qur’an copied by al-Zihni, sold at Sotheby’s in 2018 (sale L18220, lot 45) for £13,750.