Saadian Qur’ans العربية
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A Saadian Qur’an dated 966 AH

Un Coran saadien daté de 966 H · مصحف سعدي مؤرخ في 966هـ

966 AH · 1558–1559 CE

In the reign of ʿAbd Allah al-Ghalib

The card on the Saadian Qur’ans page
Lost
Last known
Owned by the French Resident-General Lyautey, then sold at auction at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris on 23 June 1975 (lot 106)

Mentioned in a note of the study of the Pink Qur’an, among the manuscripts that left Marrakesh in the early twentieth century.

Dated, but we know neither its copyist nor its present whereabouts.

Bongianino & Cellard (2025)
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