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The Holy Qur'an
One of the oldest Qur'an codices in
the world in ma'il 'slanting' script dated early 2nd/8th century
28 manuscripts from the 10th
century or earlier; a further 29 dating from before 700/1300
The complete gold Qur'an copied
for the Mamluk Sultan Baybars II in 704-5/1304-6
Qur'ans copied for royal patrons:
for the Il-Khanid Sultan Uljaytu in 710/1310, for the Mamluk Sultan Faraj ibn Barquq in the 14th century, for the Sharifi Sultan of Morocco in the 16th century, and for Tipu Sultan in the 18th century
Qur'ans from Indian royal libraries:
the Royal Library at Delhi, the library of Muhammad Qutb Shah of Golconda, of the Nawabs of Oudh
Qur'anic Sciences
Over 200 manuscripts on the
reading and recital of the Holy Qur'an are al-Quhundizi's Sharh al-ghayah fi qira'at al-'ashr (443/1051) and
al-Baghdadi's al-Mustanir al-zahir fi
al-qira'at 'asharah al-bawahir (540/1145)
Almost 400 commentaries including
the works of al-Baydawi, al-Baghawi, Ibn Sina, al-Nasafi, al-Razi, al-Suyuti, al-Tabarsi, al-Tha'alibi, and al-Wahidi
Early copies of al-Sulami's Haqa'iq
al-tafsir (564/1169), al-Nisaburi's Tafsir al-basa'ir (577/1181), al-Rummani's
al-Jami' al-kabir fi-tafsir al-Qur'an (6th/12th c.), and al-Zamakhshari's
al-Kashshaf 'an haqa'iq al-tanzil (676/1277)
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