File:Page from Uljaytu's Baghdad Qur'an (Leipzig University Library, B. or.1 f. 5r ).jpg

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Page from Uljaytu's Baghdad Qur'an. 1307 (Leipzig University Library, B. or.1 f. 5r )

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Uljaytu's Baghdad Qur'an  wikidata:Q107863108 reasonator:Q107863108
Artist
art of illumination:
creator_role QS:P,Q2353833
Muhammad ibn Aybak ibn 'Abdallah  (fl. circa –circa )  wikidata:Q108526217
 
Description illuminator
Work period circa  Edit this at Wikidata–circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Baghdad Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q108526217
calligraphy:
creator_role QS:P,Q12681
Attributed to Ahmad al-Suhrawardi  (1256–1340)  wikidata:Q5960615
 
Alternative names
Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri
Description calligrapher
Date of birth/death 1256 Edit this at Wikidata 1340 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Baghdad
Work period 1293 Edit this at Wikidata–1330 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q5960615,P5102,Q230768
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Title
Uljaytu's Baghdad Qur'an
label QS:Len,"Uljaytu's Baghdad Qur'an"
label QS:Lpl,"Koran Bagdadzki Oldżajtu"
label QS:Lde,"Öldscheitüs Koran aus Bagdad"
Object type illuminated manuscript / codex / calligraphic work Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Page from Uljaytu's Baghdad Qur'an. The leaf is formed into three parts. In the upper gold cartouche the Quran verse 3 of Surah 57 is written. The middle frame shows verse 134 of Surah 2 in bands of clouds on a background with floral tendrils. The bottom gold cartouche contains the sentence: “And He (God) let the noble prophet convey it”. Underneath that is marked in small black script that the manuscript was produced in Baghdad in the 706 Hijra, i.e. in Christian reckoning the year 1307. Copied by Ahmad al-Suhrawardi (attribution) and illuminated by Muhammad ibn Aybak ibn 'Abdallah. Commisioned by ilkhan Öljaitü. Leipzig University Library, B. or.1 f. 5r
Date 1307
date QS:P571,+1307-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium ink, paper, gold and watercolor paint Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 708 mm (27.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 485 mm (19 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+708U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,+485U174789
institution QS:P195,Q525939
institution QS:P195,Q323270
institution QS:P195,Q867885
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Place of creation Baghdad Edit this at Wikidata
References https://www.ub.uni-leipzig.de/en/about-us/exhibitions/permanent-exhibition/oeljaytues-bagdad-quran/ (English) Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer https://www.islamic-manuscripts.net/receive/IslamHSBook_islamhs_00000491

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