Qur'anic verses, 11th-12th centuries, Calligraphy, Arabic, Calligraphy, Persian, Manuscripts, Arabic, Washington (), Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Arabic script calligraphy, Eastern Kufi, Illuminated Islamic manuscripts, Islamic calligraphy, Islamic manuscripts, Qur'anic verses in eastern Kufi script, Iraq or Iran, 10th to the 13th centuries., Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 8 (w) x (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 8 (w) x (h) cm., Pharaoh said: 'O Haman, build me a lofty palace so that I may find the ways and means of reaching the skies and that I may mount up to the G
Qur'anic verses, 11th-12th centuries, Calligraphy, Arabic, Calligraphy, Persian, Manuscripts, Arabic, Washington (), Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Arabic script calligraphy, Eastern Kufi, Illuminated Islamic manuscripts, Islamic calligraphy, Islamic manuscripts, Qur'anic verses in eastern Kufi script, Iraq or Iran, 10th to the 13th centuries., Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 8 (w) x (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 8 (w) x (h) cm., Pharaoh said: 'O Haman, build me a lofty palace so that I may find the ways and means of reaching the skies and that I may mount up to the God of Moses'., The use of the term 'Qarmathian' for this particular style of eastern Kufi script has never been explained satisfactorily. It seems connected to the Qaramitah, a group of Isma'ilis based in the Gulf area that refused to recognize the claims of the Fatimid caliphs to the imamate (r. 909-1171). Perhaps due to this geographical and chronological link, the script, associated with Qur'an production of Iraq and Iran from the 10th to the 13th century, gained its appellation 'Qarmathian'., These verses are executed on brown paper in a script known as Qarmathian, a style of eastern Kufi with high vertical shafts and letters assuming a more triangular shape (Lings and Safadi 1976: 34-35, no. 39) than plain eastern Kufi. In some of the more elaborate Qur'ans made in Iran during the 12th century, the script appears on a background of arabesque scrolls and spirals executed in light brown ink (MET 1987: 32-33). In this fragment, the five lines of script executed on a high vertical appear on a plain piece of paper, whose only decoration consists of a verse marker in red and gold on the left side of the second line., This Qur'anic fragment includes verses 35-36 of the 40th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Ghafir (the Forgiver), also known as al-Mu'min (The Believer). Verses 36 and 37 of the same surah continue on the fragment's verso ( V). This chapter of the Qur'a
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