Birmingham Qur’an manuscript · Mingana Islamic Arabic 1572a
Two leaves preserving passages from three surahs.
Record reviewed 2026-11-05 ·
- Catalogue reference
- Mingana Islamic Arabic 1572a
- Institution / route
- University of Birmingham
- Region / collection context
- Islamic manuscript collections
- Language
- Arabic
- Physical form
- Parchment bifolio
- Translation evidence
- Transcription and translation route
- Access route
- Public images linked
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What the record covers
Surahs 18:17–31, 19:91–98 and 20:1–40. This fragment does not supply Surah Nuh 71.
Edition and translation
Fedeli 2015 Arabic XML: Qur’an 20:25–28 at old combined-volume folio 1v lines 12–14. Corresponding English scripture translations are separate; no new diplomatic English translation is claimed.
The open research question
Match each folio to its transcription; retain the difference between a parchment date and a writing date.
Image and publication rights
Institution-hosted reading route. No image redistribution or new translation licence recorded for Babylon.
Dates and historical context
568–645 CE · parchment radiocarbon interval
Material evidence. 95.4% reported interval for the animal’s death. The ink has not been age-tested.
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Related witnesses and routes
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Learning in the Light
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Passage and translation coverage ↗Read the selected passage study
Qur’an 20:25–28 · old combined-volume folio 1v, lines 12–14 · Verse-to-folio-and-line mapping checked
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Qur’an 18:23–24 · former combined-volume folio 7r line 24 through 7v lines 1–3 · Cross-folio verse mapping checked
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