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Transfer of the Uthmanic Mushaf from Tiberias to Damascus

نقل المصحف العثماني من طبرية إلى دمشق

c. 1099 CE · 493 AH

Damascus

In 493 the Uthmanic mushaf was carried from Tiberias to Damascus for fear — the people went out to receive it and it was housed in a chest in the mosque's maqsura 1.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
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Levant & Iraq
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109011001110 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Damascus

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Overview

In 493 AH the Uthmanic codex was moved from Tiberias to Damascus, out of fear for it. The people went out to receive it, and kept it in a treasury in the enclosure of the mosque. 2

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Damascus

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the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 658
  2. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.658
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islam.museum contributors. “Transfer of the Uthmanic Mushaf from Tiberias to Damascus”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/uthmanic-mushaf-tiberias-damascus-493/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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