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Timurid Quran

المصحف التيموري الكبير

A huge Timurid-era mushaf attributed to the workshops of Baysunghur and Umar Aqta; among the greatest Persian calligraphic treasures.

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A huge Qur'an from the Timurid period (fifteenth century), attributed to Ja'far Bayasanghuri and Umar al-Aqta'; one of the greatest works of Persian calligraphy. 1

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· Arabesque· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an

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islam.museum contributors. “Timurid Quran”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/mushaf-timuri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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The seven ahruf

The Prophet's saying 'the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, so read of it what is easy' — narrated through Umar's dispute with Hisham ibn Hakim over Surat al-Furqan; its exact meaning is one of the widest debates in Qur'anic sciences.