Year of Object(s) Creation: 1501 (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD): 190,000
Object Type(s): Book, Folio, Religious artifact
Object Material(s): fabric/cloth, gold, ink or dye, metal, paint
Provenience Nation: Iran
Provenience Location: Safavid Shiraz
Year Removed from Findspot:

Provenance

16th Century Turkish Ottoman Empire Qur’an


Description:
16th century Ottoman Qu'ran with Arabic manuscript on paper; each folio comprising gold and blue muhaqqaq. Some panels had flower scrolls and motifs while margins were decorated with illuminated medallions in original gilt stamped binding

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2015
Year Claim Resolved: 2021
Means of Resolution: Action by Respondent's Govt.

Complainant Name: Government of Turkey
Complainant Nation: Turkey
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Al Hajjeh, English national
Respondent Nation: United Kingdom
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Government

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Edited by Janice Kim