Codicology of the Qur’ānic Manuscripts (18) Six-Line Kufic Qur’ānic Codices by Abul ‘Alā Sūdāvar, a Donation to Malek National Library and Museum, and its Other Parts Around the World
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10.22081/jap.2024.75488
Abstract
The number of surviving six-line Kufic Qur'ans from the early Islamic centuries is not very high. One of these six-line Kufic Qur'an manuscripts, possibly transcribed in the late second century of the Islamic era, is a work with a few scattered pages currently preserved in Iran and in some libraries and museums around the world, but all have been transferred from Iran to other places. This article identifies and gathers images of the remaining pages of this ancient Kufic Qur'an, examining and introducing this work in detail from a textual and manuscript perspective. The author believes that this manuscript can be considered among the oldest Kufic writing efforts in Iran or Iraq, influenced by the culture of Qur'anic writing and bookbinding in Iran.
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