OSASTOT - OPI QUR'AANIA - historical copies of Quran

​A collection of some historical copies of Quran

• ​565 (dated between 565 and 645 i.e the era of companions) - Manuscript shows Surah Taha; it is held in Birmingham collections - Download
• ​650 - Manuscript of Caliph Uthman R.A. - This manuscript (held in the Religious Administration of Muslims in Tashkent) has been carbon-dated to be between 595 and 855 A.D. with a likelihood of 95% - Download
• 750 (approximated) - Quran in Kufic script - Download
• 800 - Parchment of a very rare and historic manuscript; preserved in 1925 to prevent any damage; Kufic script - Download
• 850 - Orphaned leaf from a Qur'ān (chapter Yusūf) - In Kufic Hand; Purchased by McGill University in 1938 for the amount of 100 dollars - Read / Download
• 875 - A parchment from the era of Abbasids - Download
• 1000 - 13 lines per sheet, vocalized, rubricated; In Kufic Hand; An orphaned leaf, part of the Qur'ān; Calligraphy text on the both sides; Damaged on the side and in the middle, laid down on a yellow paper - Download
• 1200 - A parchment from Quran; Writen in Kufic script; 6 lines per sheet, vocalized, rubricated - Download
• 1203 - Executed in Naskh hands, fully vocalized; Main text in black, surah headings in red, versemarkers in red; Tarwis on alif, lam; Contains the marginal words ḥizb, niṣf, rub', sajdah; Calligraphed by the hand of 'Abd al-Wahhāb - Download
• 1250 - A manuscript by Abbasid Caligrapher Ibn Muqlah - Download
• 1400 - A leaf from a Qur'ān, includes following chapters: Sūrat al-Munāfiqūn, Sūrat al-Taghābun, Sūrat al , Sūrat al-Mulk, Sūrat al-Taḥrīm, Sūrat al-Ḥāqqa, Sūrat al-Qalam, Sūrat al-Nūḥ, Sūrat al-Ma'ārij, Sūrat al-Ṣaff; In Micrography-naskh Hand; marginal words in lieu of punctuation: 'Ashar in red ink repeated numerously on both sides; Illuminated chapter heading panels, chapter heading in gold, contains illuminated gold roundal verse markers, laid down on a paper between gold frames and yellow paper borders by crude marginal decoration - Download
• 1400 - 3 lines per sheet, vocalized, separating marks; In Maghribi script; contains some verses from Sūrat al-Tawba [68-69]; 
• 3 polychrom medallions on the margins on both sides; Calligraphy text on the both sides; Contains polychrom roundel verse markers, illuminated medallions on the margins, laid down on a paper between red and black frames filled with gold, and yellow paper borders - Download
• 1450 (approximated) - Some verses from Surah Burooj - Contains illuminated round polychrom double medallions on the margin of both sides; A golden and blue illuminated headpiece; Calligraphy text on the both sides; Contains gold polychrome floral roundel verse markers, illuminated marginal medallions, laid down on a paper between gold and blue frames, and yellow paper borders - Download
• 1500 - Script: Written in thuluth in black ink; pointed and vocalized; Decoration: Textblock border ruled in gold, red, blue; marginal text partition markers in blue and gold; readings in red; word "Allāh" in gold outlined in red; chapter titles in gold outlined in black; gold roundels with black design and green and red dots mark verse endings - Download
• 1600 (approximated) - A portion of tafseer jalalain (surah Naba and others) - Read / Download
• 1600 - Some verses from Surah Anfal and Surah Aaraf - Elegant Naskh Hand-written; Parchment leaf, contains gold and polychrom roundal verse markers, illuminated chapter heading panel, includes one illuminated vignette denoting the word "ḥizb" and another for the "sajdah" on the margins, laid down on card between illuminated floral gold and green frame, red blue-speckled paper borders on one side, green with green-speckled paper border on the other side - Download
• 1600 - Written in India; Gold line divider; Incomplete copy, from al-Kawthar (108) to the end (114) is missing. The first two folios are fragmentary with clean marginal repairs; much of the marginal decoration is lost - Download
• 1650 - Unbound leaf containing verses of the Qur'ān from the third word of 3:80 to the end of 3:91; Written in Naskh - Read / Download
• 1650 - Juzz 27, containing the first word of 51:31 to the final word of 57:29; Written in very large letters - Read / Download
• 1680 - Clear line dividers; 15 lines per page; gold sprinkled pages; complete copy of the Quran - Download
• 1700 - Surat Al-Sajdah [ XXXII: 4-22]; Contains illuminated round polychrom medallion in the margin with the word sajda; Contains gold polychrome floral roundel verse markers, laid down on a paper between gold and red frames, and yellow paper borders, part of the marginal border is cut off, includes a protective sheet - Download
• 1700 - Likely copied in Iran or Turkey; 256 leafs - Download
• 1700 - Beautiful caligraphy and decoration; 304 leafs; written in naskh; complete copy - Download
• 1700 - A leaf showing some verses from Surah Taha; From the McGill University collection - Download
• 1770 - Surah Yasin, Surah Waqiah and some other Surahs from the Ottomon times - Download
• 1776 - Layout: 18 long lines; Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed and vocalized; Decoration: Polychrome [red, blue, green] and gold illuminated frontispiece (f. 3v-4r) with text in cloudbands; polychrome [gold, red, blue] marginal verse markers; textblock border ruled [gold, black]; page openings framed in black rules; readings in red and chapter titles in gold; gold roundels with red and blue dots mark verse endings - Read / Download
• 1795 - A copy from Ottomon times - Written in a superb Naskh. Title and frontispiece fully illuminated in gold, red, pink, blue, yellow. Floral border in each corner. Gold medallions scattered throughout the text. Text enclosed within gold frame. Verse headings in gold. Accents in red. Marginalia in red. Surah headings in white on gold enclosed within light blue border - Read / Download
• 1800 - 13 lines per page, laid European paper; Copied by two Naskh-based hands, the second being very cursive and characterized by a pronounced tilt to the right; Rule-borders, sūrah-headings and round dots are executed in red; The last sūrah is followed by a comment in Ottoman Turkish on the mystical significance of the Arabic letters- Download
• 1817 - Ottomon copy of the Quran; 307 leafs - Download
• 1822 - 13 lines per page, thickish non-European laid paper of biscuit colour, characterized by wavy laid lines; Fully vocalized Naskh hand with the word Allāh in gold and recitation marks in red ink; No tarwis except in the case of lām alif al-warrāqīyah where it occurs on the alif and points to the left; The text is enclosed in a golden frame and blue rul-eborders; Sūrah-headings are executed in white and gold background, enclosed in illuminated headpieces; Executed by Ḥusayn ibn 'Alī al-Āmāsī, Imam of the Abū al-Fatḥ Sultan Muḥammad Khān Mosque; Waqf note hs been addressed to al-Sayyidah Ḥanīfah, daughter of 'Alī Bāshā, dated 15 Jumādaʹ I 1237AH i.e. 1822. - Download
• 1888 - ​Tarjuman Al Quran Ba Lataif Bayaan - by Syed Mohd Sideq Hussain Khan​ - Partial - Download
• ​1960 - Translation in Farsi by Shah Waliulah and Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani - Read / Download