Topkapı manuscript

مصحف طوب قابي

An early Qur'an codex kept in Topkapı Palace and attributed to Uthman ibn Affan (may God be pleased with him); a key witness to the earliest Qur'anic text.

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An early Qur'an kept in Topkapi Palace and attributed to Uthman ibn Affan; one of the most important witnesses to the earliest Qur'anic text. 1

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islam.museum contributors. “Topkapı manuscript”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/mushaf-topkapi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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