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- Al Quran Manuscripts
Folio from a Quran Manuscript late 8th–early 9th century
- Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript late 8th–early 9th century This eighth- or ninth-century Qur'an was written in a script that is characterized by a rightward slant and by the shape of the vowel ya' in the terminal position, which turns backward to underline the letters that precede it. Like other…
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Folio from a Quran Manuscript probably 9th century
- Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript probably 9th century The tradition of dyed manuscripts developed in Byzantium for making valuable books, such as the Gospels. The technique continued into the early Islamic period, with the Blue Qur’an as its most spectacular manifestation. Tinted pages were used only in the most luxurious…
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Folio from the Blue Quran
- Folio from the "Blue Quran" This folio comes from a sumptuous, multivolume Qur'an with indigo pages and silver verse markers that was probably copied in North Africa. Its palette is thought to refer to the purple‑dyed, gilded manuscripts made in the neighboring Byzantine empire. As in other early Qur'ans, the…
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Folios from a Qur’an Manuscript A.H. 383/A.D. 993
- Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript A.H. 383/A.D. 993 The first centuries in the copying of the Qur’an witnessed a succession of changing styles in the manuscript’s calligraphy, decoration, and format. This Qur’an shows many of the changes taking place in the medieval period. Whereas earlier Qur’ans were made of parchment…
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- Manuscripts, Seerat un-Nabi
Noor ul-Absar Fi Manaqib Aal e-Nabi al-Mukhtar Arabic Allama Momin Hussain Momin Shablanji
- Noor ul-Absar Fi Manaqib Aal e-Nabi al-Mukhtar By Allama Momin Hussain Momin Shablanji a Sunni scholar of the 13th/19th century. The book is discusses the lives of the Fourteen Infallibles (fourteen figures in Islam which are deemed by Shiites to be infallible and immune from any sins and mistakes) The…
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Quran Manuscript late 9th–early 10th century
- Quran Manuscript late 9th–early 10th century This is the second volume of a thirty-part Qur’an meant to be read over the course of a month. It is typical of early Qur’ans, but includes some embellishments not found in earlier, more austere copies, such as red vowel marks, rosettes every ten…
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Samarkand Kufic Quran (Uthman Quran)
- This folio comes from one of the oldest surviving Qur'an manuscripts in existence. Year Written: c.765 AD – 855 AD Language: Arabic Script Type: Kufic Current Location: Hast Imam Library, Tashkent, Uzbekistan For several years, prior to research conducted in the last few decades, the Samarkand Kufic Quran, was thought…
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- General Sciences, Scientific Contributions
Sirr al-Asrar Arabic Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi
- Sirr al-Asrar سر الاسرار Arabic Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi ابوبكر محمّد زکرياى رازى
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- Tafsir Manuscripts
Tafsir al-Jalalayn Manuscript
- Tafsir al-Jalalayn Manuscript Jalal ud-din Abdur Rahman bin abi-Bakr al-Suyiti جلال الدين عبدالرحمن بن أبي بكر السيوطي Jalal ud-din Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Mahali جلال الدين محمد بن أحمد المحلي
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The Quran Manuscript-Zain ul-Abedeen Shirazi-1897
- Al Quran al-Kareem القرآن الکریم Manuscript Zain ul-Abedeen Shirazi-1897
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