Qur'an Folio, Abbasid, 9th c.

ورقة مصحف عباسي (قرن 9)

Folio from a Qur'an; Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1933.493.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation

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A leaf from an early Abbasid Qur'an; ninth century, probably Egypt. In the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1

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  1. Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
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