Manuscripts and Inscriptions A complete listing of all Surahs of the Qur'an
18th Century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:185;187. An 18th century North African Qur'an section written in sharp maghribi script. Maghribi style script is easily recognised...read more
12th Century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:134;142. A few pages from a 12th century Qur'an from North Africa, or possibly Andalusia. There are ten lines of script per page w...read more
9th century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:41;54. A Qur'an bifolium from the North African region, 9th century. The text is written in western kufic script using brown ink a...read more
16th Century
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Middle East
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:36;48. A small Qur'an part written on leather from the Middle East, 16th century. There are fifteen lines per page written in a sl...read more
18th Century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:255;259. Volume three from a thirty volume Qur'an from saharan Africa, 18th century. There are 10 lines of sahrawi style Arabic te...read more
12th Century AH
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:164;168. Single Qur'an leaf from an unbound Qur'an written in hausawi-sudani variant script. Typical use of various earth tones fo...read more
7th century AH
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:213;214. Qur,an page written in large muhaqqaq script on very thick paper. The text on the reverse side is just visible as the scr...read more
3rd Century AH
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:102;104. Traditional sharp and angular kufic script written on white vellum in black ink with minimal dotting scheme in red. Extre...read more
7th century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:222. 7th century copy of an original reference Qur'an compiled bu Uthman ibn Affan. Written in consonant heavy kufic script on vel...read more
10th Century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:30. Qur'an leaf written in western kufic script written on vellum using brown ink with red, yellow and green diacritics for help w...read more
9th century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:35. A 9th century CE Qur,an page in compact western kufic script from North Africa. Written on vellum using brown ink with red, ye...read more
18th/19th Century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2. An example of a large South East Asian Qur'an, most likely Japanese, with traditional geometric design work in dark red ink, 18th...read more
18th Century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:183. Unbound Qur'an leaf written in a hausawi-sudani variant script, 18th century. written using a thick pen with typical use of s...read more
18th Century
Surah al-Baqarah,1. Surah al-A'raf,7. A Qur'an from the African Horn region written in a compact sahrawi script, 18th century. The top image shows tha...read more
15th century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:255. Two leaves from a 15th century North African Qur'an written using maghribi style Arabic script on vellum. sparsely decorated ...read more
14th Century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:253. The start of the 3rd juz' from Surah al-Baqarah (The Heifer,2) verse 253, written in muhaqqaq script and extensively decorate...read more
17th Century
Surah al-Baqarah,2. Ornate Qur'an page from the 17th century written in nasta'liq script. The start of Surah al-Baqarah (The heifer,2) is shown. Use o...read more
15th/16 Century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:185;188. Thirteen lines of fine black muhaqqaq calligraphy with the first, middle and last lines written in a variant of thuluth s...read more
13th Century
Surah al-Baqarah, 2:255. One of the most powerful verses of the entire Qur'an known as Ayatul Kursi (The verse of the chair or footstool) in Surah al-...read more
5th/11th-6th/12th Century
Surah al-Baqarah 2:279-281. Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. Surat al-Baqarah (The Cow), 2:279; 281;11th/5th-12th/6th century....read more
2nd/8th Century
Surah Al-Baqarah. Ayah 277-282. Inv.no.86/2003, The David Collection, Copenhagen (photograph: Pernille Klemp). Lower text: Surah al-Baqarah 9 (The Cow...read more
713 H 1313 CE
Surah Al-Baqarah.2 Ayah 142. (Cat.39). The Anonymous Baghdad Qur'an, juz'2. left-hand illuminated opening page of text, folio 3r. Surah 2, ayah 142-14...read more
14th century
Surah al-Baqarah-2 Ayat 1-4. (Cat.4.). Illuminated text-page,folio 2r. The text of the manuscript is copied out by Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Khazraji, ...read more
1493
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Fazl Allah
Fazl Allah was not only the calligrapher of this Qur'an but also according to its colophon decorated its with colors, gold, and drawing. This example,...read more
730 H (1330 CE)
Inscriptions include, Surah 24:35 (Ayat an-Nur), Surah 2:255 (Ayat al-Kursi), 3:26-27, 26:192-9, 56:78-79, 92:5 and 59:22-4.
Made by Muhammad ibn S...read more
6th Century H (12th century)
Surah al-Baqarah 2:255 - Ayat al-Kursi. This large rectangular profusely decorated stone cenotaph belongs to a type that was widely distributed in Syr...read more
391 H (1001 CE)
Surah al-Fatihah and start of al-Baqarah. Both the calligraphy and the illumination of this Qur’an are the work of Abu’l-Hasan Ali (d. AD 1022), w...read more
8th century CE
Surah al-Baqarah 2:255. Ayat al-Kursi. The inscription stone was found in 1958 in the course of a rescue excavation carried out by the Department of A...read more
1005 H (1596 CE)
Surah al-Fatihah and start of Surah al-Baqarah. ...read more
1130 AH (1717 CE)
Surah al-Fatihah and al-Baqarah. Antique Levantine Quran 1130 AH (1717 CE), copyist: Muhammad Hussain....read more
1218 AH (1803 CE)
Surah al-Fatihah and al-Baqarah. This is a beautiful old handwritten Qur'an originated from Kashmir during Mughal era. The first 2 pages , the 2 in th...read more
18th century CE
End of Surah al-Fatihah and start of Surah al-Baqarah. Antique Chinese Quran Ming/Qing Dynasty ( 18th Century)...read more
19th Century
Surah 2:255. Ayat al-Kursi inscribed on a silver and gold inlaid brass Qur'an box. Of square form on four rounded corner legs with coffered lid, diamo...read more
1606-1617 CE
Surah al-Baqarah 2:238. " Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayer....". Inscribed on the Blue Mosque, Turkey...read more
1606-1617 CE
Surah al-Baqarah 2:238. " Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayer....". Inscribed on the Blue Mosque, Turkey...read more
18th century CE
Surah al-Baqarah 2:134. Chinese Quran Ming/Qing Dynasty ( 18th Century)....read more
1st Century Hijrah (7th Century CE)
Surah al-Baqarah 2:250 onward. The Topkapi manuscript, which is generally attributed to Caliph Uthman, is preserved at the Sacred Relics Section at th...read more
1st Century Hijrah (7th Century CE)
Surah al-Baqarah 2:121 onward. The Topkapi manuscript, which is generally attributed to Caliph Uthman, is preserved at the Sacred Relics Section at t...read more
1st Century Hijrah (7th Century CE)
Surah al-Baqarah 2:42 onwards. The Topkapi manuscript, which is generally attributed to Caliph Uthman, is preserved at the Sacred Relics Section at th...read more
704-705 H (1304-1306 AD)
Surah al-Baqarah: Ayat ul Kursi 2:255. Sultan Baybars' Qur'an is one of the most magnificent Qur'ans in the British Library. Produced in Cairo in seve...read more
700 AH (1300–1 AD)
Surah al-Fatihah and al-Baqarah. Ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper; lmain text in naskh script, incidentals in thulth and Kufic;13 lines to th...read more
Late 1st century / early 2nd century of Hijra.
Displays part of 2:On the last folio (no. 439) of the manuscript is written in kufic script “katabahu Uthman bin Affan fi sanat thalathyn” (“Uth...read more