Hinckelmann edition

طبعة هينكلمان

The first Arabic printing of the Qur'an in Europe — Hamburg 1694 under Abraham Hinckelmann — opening European Qur'an printing.

Depth

At a glance

Identifiers
Wikidata
Review
Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it

In time

1680169017001710
The Gunpowder Empires

Scripture and its sciencesIslam and Christianity

Overview

The first Arabic printed edition of the Qur'an in Europe, printed in Hamburg in 1694 under the supervision of Abraham Hinckelmann, which opened the way to the European printing of the Qur'an. 1

People and things also explored

Waraqa ibn Nawfal· al-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)· Enmity and affection (al-adawa wal-mawadda)· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna

Sources

  1. Wikidata
Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Hinckelmann edition”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/taba-hinkelman/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · JSON

Wing

Objects

Manuscripts, art, architecture and relics from collections worldwide.
Related

Waraqa ibn Nawfal

Khadija's cousin, an elderly Meccan Christian who had studied the scriptures; the man who first told the shaken Prophet that what had come to him in the cave was prophecy.