Iran / Persia: Folio from a Qur'an, ink, gold and coloured paint on paper, Shiraz, Safavid Period, c. 1580, Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul, Turkey

The single-volume Qur’an from late 16th-century Shiraz was acquired by Afife Nurbanu Sultan (1525-1583), the principal consort and wife of Ottoman Sultan Selim II (1524-1574, r. 1566-1574).

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