Birmingham Quran manuscript
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The Birmingham Quran manuscript comprises two leaves of parchment from an early Quranic manuscript or muṣḥaf. In 2015, the manuscript, which is held by the University of Birmingham in England, was rad
folio 1 verso (right) and folio 2 recto
Comparison of a 20th-century edition of the Quran (left) and the Birmingham Quran manuscript (right)
Close-up of part of folio 2 recto, showing chapter division and verse-end markings in Hijazi script
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Uthmanic codex
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The Uthmanic codex is the only edition of the Quran compiled by the third Rashidun caliph Uthman ibn Affan. He ordered it to be copied and the copies sent to Islamic countries, after the death of Muha
Birmingham Quran manuscript
…of Birmingham in England, was radiocarbon dated to between 568 and 645 CE. It is presently believed that the manuscript is an early descendant of the Uthmanic codex. It is part of the Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern manuscripts, held by the university's Cadbury Research Library. The manuscript is written in…
A model of the parchment paper on which the Quran was written in the early Hijri centuries.
An example from the Sanaa manuscripts of what the Uthman's Quran used to look like, as it is free of dots and diacritical marks.
The Cordoba Mosque, where Uthman's personal Quran is said to have been kept in the house of his pulpit, from the third to the sixth century AH.
The Tashkent Quran is claimed to be Uthman's personal Quran.