The recently radiocarbon dated copy of the 7th-century Qur'an at the University of Birmingham. A 1,500-year-old parchment could be one of the oldest known copies of the Quran, possibly dating back to ...
"This volume comprises a selection of papers delivered at the symposium "The Word Illuminated: Form and Function of Qur'anic Manuscripts" held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery during 1-3 December 2016 ...
A Quran manuscript long held by a British university is now believed to be among the world's oldest, written close to the time of the prophet Mohammed. Radiocarbon testing on the document found the ...
Mirza, Sana. 2022. "An Ethiopian Indian Ocean Tradition: The Qur'an Manuscripts of Harar." In Muslim Cultures in the Indian Ocean: Diversity and Pluralism, Past & Present. Pradines, Stéphane and Topan ...
For years, the two parchment leaves covered in an elegant early form of Arabic script were misbound with leaves of a similar Quran manuscript dating from the late seventh century. Now, with the help ...
Editor’s Note: Fozia Bora is a lecturer in Middle Eastern History and Islamic History at University of Leeds. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer. CNN is showcasing ...
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Where to find some of the world’s most treasured Qurans and manuscripts, from Makkah to Tashkent
Rare manuscripts and historical copies of the Quran are now on display at the Holy Quran Museum in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Opened on March 5 in the Hira Cultural District, near the Masjid Al Haram, the ...
A rare and ancient copy of the Quran will soon be available for public viewing at the Sharjah book fair in the United Arab Emirates. The 1,350-year-old document is a copy of an original manuscript ...
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