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The Qur'an
(قرآن)

Title	The Qur'an
Title Original	قرآن
Publication Date:	1063 AH / 1653 AD
Publication Place	Morocco - Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)
Subject	Ink, opaque watercolour, leather, camouflage paint, paper. Polishing, planning, bookbinding.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	االارتفاع: 25.8 سم، العرض: 20.5 سم، العمق: 3.3 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	MS.11.1999
Record ID	object;EPM;qt;Mus21;20;ar
Library Location	Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)
Date	1063 AH / 1653 AD
Notes	This is the final part of a 30-volume Moroccan Qur’an, written in brown ink using Moroccan script, and developed in North Africa in the fourth century AH/tenth century AD. The titles of the surahs are written in Kufic script, and the word God is prominent in gold in the text. Verses are marked with multi-lobed gold markers, while groups of verses are separated by teardrop circular motifs. It was copied by Ahmed bin Ali, and dedicated to Abu Muhammad al-Sayyid Abdullah al-Ghazwani, one of the Sufi sheikhs in Marrakesh.
Sample Text	Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya “The Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus21;20;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Mounia CHEKHAB-ABUDAYA
Seçili bibliyografya	Al Khemir, Sabiha,From Cordoba To Samarqand, Masterpieces from the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Milan: Musée du Louvre Editions, 2006.Hilloowala, Franak,Reading Qur'anic Manuscripts, Doha: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, 2011.

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The Qur'an

(قرآن)

Publication Date 1063 AH / 1653 AD

Publication Place Morocco - Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)

Subject Ink, opaque watercolour, leather, camouflage paint, paper. Polishing, planning, bookbinding.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions االارتفاع: 25.8 سم، العرض: 20.5 سم، العمق: 3.3 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID MS.11.1999

Record ID object;EPM;qt;Mus21;20;ar

Library Location Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)

Date 1063 AH / 1653 AD

Notes This is the final part of a 30-volume Moroccan Qur’an, written in brown ink using Moroccan script, and developed in North Africa in the fourth century AH/tenth century AD. The titles of the surahs are written in Kufic script, and the word God is prominent in gold in the text. Verses are marked with multi-lobed gold markers, while groups of verses are separated by teardrop circular motifs. It was copied by Ahmed bin Ali, and dedicated to Abu Muhammad al-Sayyid Abdullah al-Ghazwani, one of the Sufi sheikhs in Marrakesh.

Sample Text Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya “The Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus21;20;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Mounia CHEKHAB-ABUDAYA

Seçili bibliyografya Al Khemir, Sabiha,From Cordoba To Samarqand, Masterpieces from the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Milan: Musée du Louvre Editions, 2006.Hilloowala, Franak,Reading Qur'anic Manuscripts, Doha: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, 2011.