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Birmingham Quran manuscript

Folio 2 recto (left) and folio 1 verso (right) of the Birmingham Quran manuscript, preserving parts of Surahs 18 to 20. These two leaves of this early Quranic manuscript, held in the Mingana Collection, were discovered in 2015 as being dated between 568 and 645, making it among the oldest Quran manuscripts to date. Manuscript: Unknown Recently featured: Pied kingfisher Benoît Peeters The Day the Earth Smiled

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