English: Illuminated opening of the Mamluk Qur'an. Basmala (folio 1b) and first aya of Al-Fatiha in huge thuluth script. From the madrasa of Uljay al-Yusufi, most probably commissioned by Sultan Hasan in the later years of the 1350s. National Library of Egypt Masahif Rasid 14, ff.1b-2a
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Illuminated opening of the Mamluk Qur'an. Basmala (folio 1b) and first aya of Al-Fatiha (2a) in huge thuluth script. Egypt, late 1350s (National Library of Egypt Masahif Rasid 14, ff.1b-2a)