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Sections of the Qur’an
(اقسام القران)

Title	Sections of the Qur’an
Title Original	اقسام القران
Publication Date:	18th-17th century
Publication Place	China - Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani Museum
Subject	Rice pulp paper, ink: handwriting
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	طول: 22 سم عرض: 28.5 سم ارتفاع: 3.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	FBQ.381.1-2
Record ID	object;EPM;qt;Mus22;34;ar
Library Location	Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani Museum
Date	18th-17th century
Notes	This book includes two of the thirty parts of the Qur’an. It was known as the Juz, and was often sold separately during medieval Islam, with delicate floral and geometric patterns adorning the book's brown cover. The verse(s) appear in Naskh script divided by golden illustrations of floral motifs including the lotus and other flowers incorporated from ancient Chinese and Buddhist traditions. Although most Muslims in China did not speak Arabic, a few Chinese Qur'ans existed during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Since the spread of Islam and the establishment of Islamic schools during the Yuan Dynasty, prayer recitation and calligraphy have been performed in Arabic. Many Muslims from the Arab world had a commercial background, with Naskh script representing formal writing. Thus modified forms of Naskh including Al-Muhaqqiq and Al-Rayhani became the dominant styles of Chinese Qur’ans decorated with the typical gold ink.
Sample Text	Sarah Schroeder “Sections of the Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus22;34;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Sarah SCHROEDER
Seçili bibliyografya	Anvaary, S., "A Study of the Art of Chinese Quranography from the Sixteenth to the End of the Eighteenth Century",Journal of Art and Civilization of the Orient, 9: 33 (2021): 55–64.Ghoname, H.,Sini Calligraphy: The Preservation of Chinese Muslims' Cultural Heritage, Doctoral dissertation, Manoa: University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2012.Huaizhong, M. U. Y., "The four upsurgences of Islamic culture in Chinese history",Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs,16: 1 (1996): 9–20.

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Sections of the Qur’an

(اقسام القران)

Publication Date 18th-17th century

Publication Place China - Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani Museum

Subject Rice pulp paper, ink: handwriting

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions طول: 22 سم عرض: 28.5 سم ارتفاع: 3.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID FBQ.381.1-2

Record ID object;EPM;qt;Mus22;34;ar

Library Location Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani Museum

Date 18th-17th century

Notes This book includes two of the thirty parts of the Qur’an. It was known as the Juz, and was often sold separately during medieval Islam, with delicate floral and geometric patterns adorning the book's brown cover. The verse(s) appear in Naskh script divided by golden illustrations of floral motifs including the lotus and other flowers incorporated from ancient Chinese and Buddhist traditions. Although most Muslims in China did not speak Arabic, a few Chinese Qur'ans existed during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Since the spread of Islam and the establishment of Islamic schools during the Yuan Dynasty, prayer recitation and calligraphy have been performed in Arabic. Many Muslims from the Arab world had a commercial background, with Naskh script representing formal writing. Thus modified forms of Naskh including Al-Muhaqqiq and Al-Rayhani became the dominant styles of Chinese Qur’ans decorated with the typical gold ink.

Sample Text Sarah Schroeder “Sections of the Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus22;34;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Sarah SCHROEDER

Seçili bibliyografya Anvaary, S., "A Study of the Art of Chinese Quranography from the Sixteenth to the End of the Eighteenth Century",Journal of Art and Civilization of the Orient, 9: 33 (2021): 55–64.Ghoname, H.,Sini Calligraphy: The Preservation of Chinese Muslims' Cultural Heritage, Doctoral dissertation, Manoa: University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2012.Huaizhong, M. U. Y., "The four upsurgences of Islamic culture in Chinese history",Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs,16: 1 (1996): 9–20.