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Uzbek Quran manuscript (dated 765–855) Detached folio . Surah Al-Anbiya Ayah 105-110 from the Samarkand Kufic Quran in the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Samarkand Kufic Quran (also known as the Mushaf Uthmani , Samarkand codex , Tashkent Quran and Uthman Qur'an ) is a Quranic manuscript , or mushaf . It is one of the oldest surviving Qur'an manuscripts in the world, although its exact dating is uncertain. Tradition holds that it is one of the six manuscripts that were penned under the caliphate of Uthman ibn Affan , when an official standard version of the Qur'anic text is said to have been compiled. Modern studies have suggested various dates for its production ranging from the 7th to 10th centuries. Today, about one third of the manuscript is kept in the Hast Imam library in Tashkent , Uzbekistan, while other pages are held in various collections around the world. "Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an" " . The Metropolitan Museum of Art .
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The Samarkand manuscript, now kept in Tashkent. The Othman Qur'an (also termed the Othmanic codex , Othmanic recension , Samarkand codex , Samarkand manuscript and Tashkent Qur'an ), named for the third Caliph , Uthman ibn Affan , is a manuscripted copy of the Qur'an , kept at the Hast Imam library. Along with the Sana'a manuscripts , it is considered to be the oldest in the world. article
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The Samarkand manuscript, now kept in Tashkent The Samarkand Kufic Quran (also known as the Uthman Quran , Samarkand codex , Samarkand manuscript and Tashkent Quran ) is an 8th-century manuscript Quran written in the territory of modern Iraq in the Kufic script .It is believed by local Uzbek Muslims to have belonged to the third caliph , Uthman ibn Affan , and to be the oldest Quran in the world.Today it is kept in the Hast Imam library, in Tashkent , Uzbekistan .
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The Samarkand Kufic Quran (also known as the Uthman Quran , Samarkand codex , Samarkand manuscript and Tashkent Quran ) is an 8th or 9th century manuscript Quran written in the territory of modern Iraq in the Kufic script . Today it is kept in the Hast Imam library , in Tashkent , Uzbekistan . It is said to have belonged to the third caliph , Uthman ibn Affan .
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Uzbek Quran manuscript (dated 765–855) This article is about Uthman Quran.Surah Al-Anbiya Ayah 105-110 from the Samarkand Kufic Quran in the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Samarkand Kufic Quran (also known as the Uthman Quran , Samarkand codex , Samarkand manuscript and Tashkent Quran ) is an 8th or 9th century manuscript Quran written in the territory of modern Iraq in the Kufic script . Today it is kept in the Hast Imam library , in Tashkent , Uzbekistan . It is said to have belonged to the third caliph , Uthman ibn Affan .
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