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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
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