Manuscripts and Inscriptions A complete listing of all Surahs of the Qur'an
1st/2nd Century
1st/2nd Century
Surah ash-Shu'ara, 26:210. Start of Surah an-Naml, 27. A page from the British Library's ma'il Qur'an. Penned on vellum in a slanted hijazi script whi...read more
8th century
8th century
Surah Ash-Shu'ara, 26:183. A vellum page from a Mail (or hijazi) script originating from the Hijaz region of Arabic and dated to around the 8th centur...read more
12th Century
12th Century
Surah ash-Shu'ara, 26:106. A very large 12th century Qur'an from the pre-Mamluk late Abbasid period. This magnificent 800 year old Qur'an consists of ...read more
19th Century
19th Century
Surah ash-Shu'ara, 42. The start of Surah ash-Shu'ara (The Consultation, 42) from volume twenty five of a 19th century Ottoman Qur'an. The Qur'an is o...read more
10th Century
10th Century
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Middle East
Surah ash-Shu'ara. 26:197. A small 10th century Qur'an from syria or Iraq written in archaic naskh script using black ink. This compact Qur'an is one ...read more
7th/13th-9th/15th Century
733 H 1332 CE
733 H 1332 CE
(Cat.18). Left-hand frontispiece, folio 2r Cairo, 733-7/1332-6. This is the only surviving volume of the earliest known thirty-part Mamluk Qur'an (juz...read more
701 H 1301 CE
701 H 1301 CE
Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26. Ayah 77. (Cat.37). Text-page, folio 295r Baghdad 701/1301-02. Surah 26, Ayah 77-93. A manuscript bearing the signature of Ahmad ...read more
730 H (1330 CE)
730 H (1330 CE)
Inscriptions include, Surah 24:35 (Ayat an-Nur), Surah 2:255 (Ayat al-Kursi), 3:26-27, 26:192-9, 56:78-79, 92:5 and 59:22-4.
Made by Muhammad ibn S...read more
986 H (1578 CE)
1st Century Hijrah (7th Century CE)
1st Century Hijrah (7th Century CE)
Surah al-Shua'rah 26:10 onward. The Topkapi manuscript, which is generally attributed to Caliph Uthman, is preserved at the Sacred Relics Section at t...read more