Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
Page from a Qur'an | Hegira 3rd–4th centuries / AD 9th–10th centuriesAbbasid | Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey | This illuminated page from a Qur'an is written in kufic script on gazelle skin. Kufic script was widely used across the Islamic world, particularly in the early centuries of Islam. |
Two pages from the Blue Qur'an | Hegira 4th century / AD 10th century (second half)Fatimid | Museum of Islamic Art Raqqada, Kairouan, Tunisia | This unique manuscript is written in kufic script using gold ink on blue-dyed parchment, a technique reserved for the patronage of caliphs and rulers. |
Qur'an | Hegira 3rd–4th centuries / AD 9th–10th centuriesIdrisid | National Library Rabat, Morocco | Thought to be from Fez, this volume is written in the Maghrebi style of Middle-Eastern Arabic kufic script, which was developed in North Africa in the 3rd / 9th century. |