[Manuscript]. [CORAN]. First half of a Harari Koran. - Lot 40

[Manuscript]. [CORAN]. First half of a Harari Koran. Signed Husayn Jibril bin Ula[..] Thaqari, Emirate of Harar, dated 5shawal1200 H/ [August 1, 1786]. Arabic manuscript on European watermarked paper, in-4, 186 ff. plus flyleaf, 13 lines of black cursive per page, diacritical marks and vocalization in black and red ink, verses marked with three red dots, advertisements, frontispiece illuminated in black and red ink typical of Harar Korans, the Fatiha and the first verses of suraal-baqarad in circular medallions, sura titles written diagonally in small cursive, a few marginal comments, colophon signed and dated, small tears in the margins, in its original stamped leather binding, binding restored. Size: 24.5 x 16.8 cm (leaf); 18 x 10.5 cm (text area). This manuscript is typical of the Koran production of the Emirate of Harar, a kingdom in the Horn of Africa founded in the mid-17th century and located between present-day Ethiopia and Somalia. An example of this production, dated 1749, is in the collection of Nasser D. Khalili (QUR706.) Another manuscript, very close to our Koran, was sold at Roseberys in London on April 28, 2023, lot 340. For a discussion of these Korans, see alsoSanaMirza, "The visual resonances of a Harari Qur'an: An 18thcentury Ethiopian manuscript and its Indian Ocean connections",Afriques[Online], 08|2017, online December28, 2017;http://journals.openedition.org/afriques/2052