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4 Day Fine Art & Library Auction at Bishton Hall. THIS IS A RESCHEDULED SALE (#206) 21/05/2020 10:30 AM GMT+1 CLOSED!

Lot 23 of 1575: 19th-century Qur'an, c.1878, printed in black ink, full contemporary leather wallet binding bearing pasted manuscript note to rear (referring to Mohammad Yaqub Khan, Emir of Afghanistan), 'This book, the al Koran, or Mahomedan Bible was once the property of Yakoob Khan, the ameer (king) of afghanistan, and was taken from the Bala Hissar, or Royal Palace in Kabul by William Lowther Wilson in 1879, prior to the demolition of that edifice by the British army, under the command of General Sir Freder

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Lot closed - Winning bid:N/A
Estimate: £200 - £300

4 Day Fine Art & Library Auction at Bishton Hall. THIS IS A RESCHEDULED SALE (#206)  21/05/2020 10:30 AM GMT+1  CLOSED!