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| Keywords: Bihari script.jpg en This folio contains on the right side verses 2-8 of Surat al-Kahf The Cave and on the left side verses 67-70 of Chapter 17 of the Qur'an entitled Surat Bani Isra'il The Children of Israel also known as Surat al-Isra' The Night Journey The borders of the text include a commentary in Persian on a particular verse of the Qur'an The fragment is written in a script known as bihari a variant of naskh cursive typical of northern India after Timur's conquest and prior to the establishment of the Mughal Dynasty ca 1400-1525 A D Bihari script is reconizable by its emphasis on the sublinear elements of the Arabic letter forms thickened at their centers and chiseled like swords at their ends James 1992b 102 The term bihari derives from the province Bihar in eastern India but it seems like its alternative spelling bahari describes the size bahar of the paper used for writing Qur'ans http //memory loc gov/service/amed/ascs/070/0001 jpg Library of Congress Calligrapher unknown circa 1400 1525 AD PD-Art Arabic calligraphy styles Qur'an manuscripts 16th century Library of Congress Arabic Persian and Ottoman calligraphy collection | ||||
