Surah 60:0
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Meknes, Private library of Sherif ʿAbdarraḥmān b. Zīdān, no call number
1 of 2codex_00002
DateAD 800 (8th Century AD)
Script Stylekūfī (type C.I)
Current LocationPrivate library of Sherif ʿAbdarraḥmān b. Zīdān, Meknes (with fragments in Rabat, Kuwait, and private collections)
Found LocationMeknes, Morocco
Quranic RangeQ 2 - Q 108
Context & Details
This nearly complete early Kufic Quran was photographed by Otto Pretzl during a research trip to Morocco in 1934. While the main body belonged to the private library of Sherif ʿAbdarraḥmān b. Zīdān, fragments of this codex have since been dispersed to the Royal Library in Rabat, the Tareq Rajab Museum in Kuwait, and sold through auction houses like Christie's.
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Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, Is 1431
2 of 2codex_00152
DateAD 1001 (Early 11th Century AD)
Script StyleNasḫī
Current LocationChester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland
Found LocationBaghdad
Quranic RangeQ 1-114
Context & Details
This complete Quran was produced in Baghdad by the renowned calligrapher ʿAlī b. Hilāl, also known as Ibn al-Bawwāb, around 1000-1001 AD. He is a significant figure in Islamic art, closely associated with the adoption of the round Naskh script to transcribe the Quran.