A LARGE QURAN, CENTRAL-ASIA, DAGESTAN, BY MUHHAMAD BIN KHEDR AL-KESHANI IN 1195 AH/1780 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 458 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in neat naskh script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and black ink, red roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in red and blue , catchwords, surah headings written in thuluth in red within illuminated rectangular panels, three illuminated double-page frontispiece with elegant gilt and polychrome decoration of floral motifs, two pages with illustration of places al-Jannah and Jahannam with items used by the prophet like a scissor, comb, Minbar. Occasional illuminated devices in outer margins of 'Juz and Ashur'.
With deep red morocco leather binding with a flap.
22.5 by 35 cm.