Old Hijazi Arabic
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Old Hijazi or Old Hejazi is a variety of Old Arabic attested in the Hejaz region in present-day Saudi Arabia from about the 1st to the 7th century. It is the variety thought to underlie the Quranic Co
Birmingham Quran manuscript
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
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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