{"product_id":"baysonghur-quran-style-surah-heading-125371","title":"Heading for Surah al-Waqi'ah (56)","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eThe text includes the name of the Surah al-Waq'iyah and also details of the 99 Ayah (makkah) included in the surah. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe original Baysunghur Qur'an was a monumental manuscript measuring approximately 1770 x 1010mm, and would have consisted of about 800 folios. The Qur'an is named as such because of its attribution to Baysunghur (1397-1434 AD), grandson of Timur and son of Shah Rukh; there is contemporary evidence of his having written the monumental inscriptions on the Gowharshad Mosque attesting to this. However, a Qur'an of such immense size obviously necessitated enormous resources, time and calligraphic mastery and it seems unlikely therefore that Baysunghur would have been able to undertake a task of this magnitude himself. It is perhaps more likely that it was written under the patronage of Timur by 'Umar Aqta, a famous calligrapher of the time. Qadi Ahmad's 16th-century treatise on calligraphers mentions a huge Qur'an that was made in Samarqand in the time of Timur by this calligrapher (for more, see David James, \u003cem\u003eAfter Timur. Qur'ans of the 15th and 16th Centuries\u003c\/em\u003e, London, 1992, no.2, pp. 20-21). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Baysunghur Qur'an is of such legendary scale and importance that replicating only one single line, half a millennia after the original, still resonates strongly with the original manuscript and is a testament to it's enduring legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSingle large panel of paper containing one surah heading, illuminated manuscript on paper, in Arabic, 190 x 94mm (visible); single monumental line of thuluth calligraphy copied in gold and outlined in black, set against scrolling tendril bearing swaying near serrated leaves, against a field thinly hatched in red, in modern pink mount, framed and glazed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"[CALLIGRAPHY]. [QUR'AN].","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57631293702519,"sku":"125371","price":3750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/125371_01.jpg?v=1792601663","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/baysonghur-quran-style-surah-heading-125371","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}