Manuscripts and Inscriptions A complete listing of all Surahs of the Qur'an
18th Century
Surah al-Fatihah, 1. Surah al-Baqarah, 2. The first part of a two volume Qur'an copied in Dagestan, 18th century. Only one of the opening pages is dec...read more
18th Century
Surah Fatihah, 1. Surah Baqarah, 2. Opening pages from a complete 18th century Chinese Qur'an. The Qur'an is written in a local variant of naskh scri...read more
20th Century
Surah al-Fathah, 1. Surah al, Baqarah, 2. Incipit pages from an early 20th century Qur'an printed in the Ottoman empire. The pages Have been decorated...read more
1316 AH
Surah al-Fatihah, 1. Surah al-Baqarah, 2. Printed Qur'an from Crimea dated 1316 AH. This Qur'an has over 500 pages and is leather bound with gilded de...read more
13th Century AH
Surah, al-Fatihah,1. starting of Surah al-Baqarah,2. Opening pages containing Surah al-fatihah and the start of Surah al-Baqarah (The Heifer, 2) from ...read more
13th Century AH
Surah al-Fatihah, 1. Start of Surah al-Baqarah, 2. A complete handwritten Qur'an originating from the Ottoman Empire. Highly decorated throughout usin...read more
9th century AH
Surah al-Fatihah, 1. Surah al-Baqarah, 2:1;15. Very small Qur'an written in traditional andalusian/maghribi script. Vowels are marked using a range of...read more
19th Century
Suran al-Fatihah, 1. And the start of Surah al-Baqarah,2. The incipit pages from a 19th century South East Asian Qur'an showing the whole of Surah al-...read more
17th Century
Surah al-Fatihah, 1. Frontispiece from an Indian Qur'an, 17th century. This very small volume is elaborated decorated with use of multiple colors thro...read more
17th Century
Surah al-Fatihah, 1. Visually intense opening page from a 17th century Qur'an copied in the Indian subcontinent providing a striking example of symmet...read more
16th Century
Surah al-Fatihah,1. Intricate opening page from a 16th century persian Qur'an written in a rayhani script with the first part of Surah al-Fatihah (The...read more
18th Century
Surah al-Fatihah,1. Surah al-Baqarah,2. A loose from Qur'an written during the 18th century on hand-made paper, in hausawi script (a variant of the ma...read more
18th Century
Surah al-Fatihah,1. Surah al-Baqarah,2. Opening pages from an 18th century Qur'an originating in the African Horn region. The manuscript is hand writt...read more
18th Century
Surah al-Fatihah,1. Surah al-Baqarah,2. Opening pages showing the whole of Surah al-Fatihah (The Opening, 1) and the start of Surah al-Baqarah (The He...read more
18th Century
Surah al-Fatihah, 1. Surah al-Baqarah, 2. Elegant opening pages showing the whole Surah al-Fatihah (The Opening,1) and the start of Surah al-Baqarah (...read more
20th Century
Surah al-Fatihah, 1. A Qur'anic scroll originating from the Middle East showing Surah al-Fatihah (The Opening, 1), early 20th century. There are elabo...read more
17th Century
Surah al-Fatihah, 1. Opening page showing Surah al-Fatihah (The Opening, 1) and the start of Surah al-Baqarah (The Heifer, 2) from a Middle Eastern Qu...read more
17th/18th century
Surah al-Fatihah,1. Heavily worn incipit pages from a late 17th or early 18th century small Ottoman Qur'an. There are seven lines of text per page bo...read more
18th Century
Surah al-Fatihah,1. Surah al-Baqarah,2. A fine example of a small Ottoman provincail Qur'an, 18th century. The pages are open on Surah al-Fatihah (The...read more
1304 and 1306CE
Surah al-Fatihah,1. The opening pages from the famous Sultan Baybars' Qur'an containing the whole Surah al-Fatihah (The Opening,1) superbly written in...read more
17th Century
Surah al-Fatihah,1 . and Surah al-Baqarah, 2. Ornate opening pages from early 17th century Ottoman Qur'an. Beautifully written in naskh script with fl...read more
13th/19th Century
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MS Ind Inst
Surah al-Fatihah, 1:1-7. And Surah al-Baqarah 2:1-5. MS. Ind. Inst. Arab 21 fol. IV, 2r; Surah al-Fatihah (The Opening), 1:1-7 and Surah al-Baqarah (T...read more
10th/16th Century
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MS Canonici
Surah al-Fatihah, 1:1-7. Surah al-Baqarah 2:1-4. MS Canonici Or. 121 fol. 2v 3r; Surat al-Fatihah (The Opening), 1:1-7 and Surah al-Baqarah (The Cow)...read more
757 H 1356 CE
Surah al-Fatihah 1. Surah Al-baqarah 2. Ayah 1-4. (Cat.24). National Library, Cairo 8, Illuminated text-pages, folio 2v-3r. Surah 1, Surah 2, Ayah 1-4...read more
746 H 1346 CE
Surah Al-Fatihah 1. Surah Al-Baqarah 2. Ayah 1-5. (Cat.22). Illuminated text-pages, probably Cairo, 746/1346. Surah 1 and Surah 2, Ayah 1-5. One of th...read more
391/1001
Surah al-Fatihah 1 and Surah al-Baqarah 2, Ayat 1-6. CB 1431, folio 9v. Surah 1 and Surah 2, Ayat 1-6. Baghdad 391/1001. The opening of a page of text...read more
713 H 1313 CE
Surah Al-Fatihah 1. (Cat.6). Illuminated page of text. Surah 1. Illuminated by Aydughdi ibn Abdallah al-Badri, who records his work in two tiny inscr...read more
1315
Surah Al-Fatihah 1. Ayah 1. (Cat.1.). Qur'an of Baybars Jashnagir, opening page of text to volume I, folio 2v Surah I Ayat 1-3. Ibn Wahid spread the t...read more
391 H (1001 CE)
Surah al-Fatihah and start of al-Baqarah. Both the calligraphy and the illumination of this Qur’an are the work of Abu’l-Hasan Ali (d. AD 1022), w...read more
1005 H (1596 CE)
Surah al-Fatihah and start of Surah al-Baqarah. ...read more
1247 AH (1831 CE)
Surah al-Fatihah. This is a rare large Daghestan Qur'an. The first 2 pages are water painted with various colors. This Qur'an is copied by Muhammad in...read more
1130 AH (1717 CE)
Surah al-Fatihah and al-Baqarah. Antique Levantine Quran 1130 AH (1717 CE), copyist: Muhammad Hussain....read more
1218 AH (1803 CE)
Surah al-Fatihah and al-Baqarah. This is a beautiful old handwritten Qur'an originated from Kashmir during Mughal era. The first 2 pages , the 2 in th...read more
18th century CE
End of Surah al-Fatihah and start of Surah al-Baqarah. Antique Chinese Quran Ming/Qing Dynasty ( 18th Century)....read more
12th Century CE
Complete Qur'an in Ottoman period as a scroll. Copyist: Muhammad Abdul Shahid...read more
704-705 H (1304-1306 AD)
Surah al-Fatihah. Sultan Baybars' Qur'an is one of the most magnificent Qur'ans in the British Library. Produced in Cairo in seven volumes between 130...read more
700 AH (1300–1 AD)
Surah al-Fatihah and al-Baqarah. Ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper; lmain text in naskh script, incidentals in thulth and Kufic;13 lines to th...read more