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
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.
Uthman
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Uthman ibn Affan was the third and longest-reigned Rashidun caliph ruling from 644 until his assassination in 656. He was also a second cousin, son-in-law, and senior companion of the Islamic prophet
Uthmanic codex
…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 Muhammad. The Quran was collected in a single book by order…
Calligraphic seal featuring Uthman's name, on display in the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Sassanid style coins in circulation during the reign of Uthman, (Pahlavi scripts, crescent-star, fire altar, depictions of Khosrow II, Arabic bismillāh in margin).
Uthman's tomb after demolition by Saudi Arabia