Baghdad: Illuminators
Date: 1302-1308
A thirty-part Qurʾan, perhaps begun for sultan Ghazan Khan. The complete manuscript was produced between 701/1302 and 708/1308. The scribe is Ahmad ibn al-Shaykh al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri and the illuminator is Muhammad ibn Aybak ibn ʿAbdallah. Sections of the manuscript are today in numerous libraries. See also: Bookbinders; Scribes; Painters; Paper Makers.
Citation: David James, Qurʾāns of the Mamlūks (London: Alexandria Press in association with Thames & Hudson, 1988), pp. 77, 79, 81, 82-85, 89-92, 235 (cat. 39).
Date: 1306-13
A thirty-part Qurʾan bequeathed by sultan Öljaytü to his mausoleum in Sultaniyya. The complete manuscript was begun in 1306 or 1307 and completed in 1313. The scribe is probably Ahmad ibn al-Shaykh al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri and the illuminator is Muhammad ibn Aybak ibn ʿAbdallah. Sections of the manuscript are today in numerous libraries. See also: Bookbinders; Scribes; Painters; Paper Makers.
Citation: David James, Qurʾāns of the Mamlūks (London: Alexandria Press in association with Thames & Hudson, 1988), pp. 86-88, 93, 94, 96, 235-36 (cat. 40).
Date: 1323
A single-volume Qurʾan written by Arghun b. ʿAbdallah al-Kamili is dated Safar 738 (August 1337) (ms. Bayezit Library, Istanbul 8056). The name of the illuminator is given as Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Din al-Naqqash. See also: Bookbinders; Scribes; Painters; Paper Makers.
Citation: David James, Qurʾāns of the Mamlūks (London: Alexandria Press in association with Thames & Hudson, 1988), p. 245 (cat. 62).
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Date: c. 1335
A single-volume Qurʾan written by Arghun b. ʿAbdallah al-Kamili was made in c. 1335 (ms. Chester Beatty Library 1498). The name of the illuminator is given as Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Din al-Naqqash. See also: Bookbinders; Scribes; Painters; Paper Makers.
Citation: David James, Qurʾāns of the Mamlūks (London: Alexandria Press in association with Thames & Hudson, 1988), pp. 157, 166, 246 (cat. 66).
Date: 1340-41
A single-volume Qurʾan written by Arghun b. ʿAbdallah al-Kamili is dated 741 (1340-41) (ms. Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi, Istanbul K. 452). The name of the illuminator is given as Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Din al-Naqqash. See also: Bookbinders; Scribes; Painters; Paper Makers.
Citation: David James, Qurʾāns of the Mamlūks (London: Alexandria Press in association with Thames & Hudson, 1988), pp. 160, 167, 246 (cat. 65).