An illuminated Qur'an, Persia or North India, 18th century Arabic manuscript on paper, the text panel with gold sprinkle, 15 lines to the page written in neat black naskh, ruled in gold and black, verses separated by gold and polychrome rosettes, gold verse markers in the margins, commentaries in black and red in different hands along the margins, minor restorations and re-inking on some pages, surah headings in gold, f.1b and 2a with a polychrome and gold illuminated double page, in a brown leather binding with stamped central medallion and leather spineLeaf: 23 by 13.5cm.; text panel: 15.7 by 8cm.Provenance: From the collection of the late Jerzy Ostrovsky, who lived in Kabul in the 1960's and 1970's, working as the dentist to the Western diplomatic corps.

In overall good condition, minor stains which do not affect the legibility of the text, minor restorations and re-ink of the text, some losses to the opening bifolium, affecting mainly the lower external corners, the margins have been cut and the binding is probably associated