Birmingham: Qur’an Manuscript Among World’s Oldest

   Source: University of Birmingham Apr 26, 2021 No Comments


A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham’s Cadbury Research Library has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.

Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who lived between AD 570 and 632.

Researchers conclude that the Qur’an manuscript is among the earliest written textual evidence of the Islamic holy book known to survive. This gives the Qur’an manuscript in Birmingham global significance to Muslim heritage and the study of Islam.

( Source: University of Birmingham; Birmingham Qur'an manuscript dated among the oldest in the world, 22 July 2015 )

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  Topics: History, Preservation Of The Quran, Quran
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