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Mamluk Qur’an No. 7
(المصحف المملوكي رقم )

Title	Mamluk Qur’an No. 7
Title Original	المصحف المملوكي رقم
Author	The original owner of themashafis not known, but it was present at al-Aqsa Mosque and was likely to have been part of an endowment (waqf) which is now lost.
Publication Date:	7th / 13th century; It was restored in 1117/1705
Publication Place	Egypt. - Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif
Subject	The Qur’an is made of paper written on with ink, and the cover is made of leather and its decorations are made by pressing.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	الطول: 41 سم؛ العرض: 33 سم؛ السمك: 10 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	م/ ش/64
Record ID	object;ISL;pa;Mus01;27;ar
Library Location	Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif
Date	7th / 13th century; It was restored in 1117/1705
Notes	The Qur’an was bound with a decorated cover made of pressing, dating back to the Ottoman era. Both covers are decorated with a medallion attached at the bottom and top by a pendant. The front of the Qur’an consists of folios 3b-4a, which are two pages containing two identical, gilded panels, parts of which have been lost as a result of age, long-term use, and the patching (restoration) that took place on the Qur’an in the year 1117/1705 under the direction of the Ottoman governor in Jerusalem, Qara Mustafa Pasha, who ruled for only one year. Folios 4b-5a contain two pages containing Surat Al-Fatihah and the first Surat Al-Baqarah. The decorative strips of these two pages were lost, and only half of the frame above Surat Al-Baqarah remains of the decoration. He wrote the name of the surah, the number of its verses, and the place of its revelation in the frame on a blue background. Similar information regarding the other surahs came at the beginning of each surah, without a frame, and in golden color. The text of the Qur’an was written in the beautiful Mamluk third script and in black color, and its translation in Persian was written under the Qur’anic verses. The Qur’an is painted in blue, and the dictionary points are in red. The stop signs came in the form of golden flowers. The quincunx marks in the text took the form of a pyramidal flower (cornus), and their place in the margin was indicated by a pendant with a blue circle in the middle, in the middle of which was written the word “Khams” in golden Kufic script on a red background. The tenth marks in the text took the form of a blue, four-leafed flower, and their place in the margin was indicated by a circular ornament in the middle of which the word “tenth” was written in golden Kufic script.
Sample Text	Khader Salameh “Mamluk Qur’an No. 7” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pa;Mus01;27;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Khader SALAMEHKhader Salameh has been the Director of the Islamic Museum and Al-Aqsa Library in Jerusalem for more than two decades. He was previously employed in the Hebrew University Library and worked as a librarian in Saudi Arabia and as a teacher in Libya. He is a Ph.D. Candidate in Ottoman History. He received a Certificate of Librarianship in 1986 from the Hebrew University. He obtained his BA degree from Beirut University in 1980. He catalogued the Manuscripts Collections of the Haram al-Sharif, which was published in six parts in several countries. His publications include many articles on different subjects and a recent publication in English and Arabic on the Qur'an manuscripts in the Islamic Museum.
Seçili bibliyografya	Salameh, K.,Al-Makhtutat al-Qur'aniya fi al-Muthaf al-Islami fi al-Haram al-Sharif, al-Quds [Qur'anic Manuscripts in the Islamic Museum in al-Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem],Paris, 2003.

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Mamluk Qur’an No. 7

(المصحف المملوكي رقم )

Author The original owner of themashafis not known, but it was present at al-Aqsa Mosque and was likely to have been part of an endowment (waqf) which is now lost.

Publication Date 7th / 13th century; It was restored in 1117/1705

Publication Place Egypt. - Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif

Subject The Qur’an is made of paper written on with ink, and the cover is made of leather and its decorations are made by pressing.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions الطول: 41 سم؛ العرض: 33 سم؛ السمك: 10 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID م/ ش/64

Record ID object;ISL;pa;Mus01;27;ar

Library Location Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif

Date 7th / 13th century; It was restored in 1117/1705

Notes The Qur’an was bound with a decorated cover made of pressing, dating back to the Ottoman era. Both covers are decorated with a medallion attached at the bottom and top by a pendant. The front of the Qur’an consists of folios 3b-4a, which are two pages containing two identical, gilded panels, parts of which have been lost as a result of age, long-term use, and the patching (restoration) that took place on the Qur’an in the year 1117/1705 under the direction of the Ottoman governor in Jerusalem, Qara Mustafa Pasha, who ruled for only one year. Folios 4b-5a contain two pages containing Surat Al-Fatihah and the first Surat Al-Baqarah. The decorative strips of these two pages were lost, and only half of the frame above Surat Al-Baqarah remains of the decoration. He wrote the name of the surah, the number of its verses, and the place of its revelation in the frame on a blue background. Similar information regarding the other surahs came at the beginning of each surah, without a frame, and in golden color. The text of the Qur’an was written in the beautiful Mamluk third script and in black color, and its translation in Persian was written under the Qur’anic verses. The Qur’an is painted in blue, and the dictionary points are in red. The stop signs came in the form of golden flowers. The quincunx marks in the text took the form of a pyramidal flower (cornus), and their place in the margin was indicated by a pendant with a blue circle in the middle, in the middle of which was written the word “Khams” in golden Kufic script on a red background. The tenth marks in the text took the form of a blue, four-leafed flower, and their place in the margin was indicated by a circular ornament in the middle of which the word “tenth” was written in golden Kufic script.

Sample Text Khader Salameh “Mamluk Qur’an No. 7” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pa;Mus01;27;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Khader SALAMEHKhader Salameh has been the Director of the Islamic Museum and Al-Aqsa Library in Jerusalem for more than two decades. He was previously employed in the Hebrew University Library and worked as a librarian in Saudi Arabia and as a teacher in Libya. He is a Ph.D. Candidate in Ottoman History. He received a Certificate of Librarianship in 1986 from the Hebrew University. He obtained his BA degree from Beirut University in 1980. He catalogued the Manuscripts Collections of the Haram al-Sharif, which was published in six parts in several countries. His publications include many articles on different subjects and a recent publication in English and Arabic on the Qur'an manuscripts in the Islamic Museum.

Seçili bibliyografya Salameh, K.,Al-Makhtutat al-Qur'aniya fi al-Muthaf al-Islami fi al-Haram al-Sharif, al-Quds [Qur'anic Manuscripts in the Islamic Museum in al-Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem],Paris, 2003.