Qur'an Folio, 9th c.

ورقة مصحف كوفي (قرن 9)

Qur'an Manuscript Folio; Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1993.39.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation

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A leaf from an early Kufic Qur'an; ninth century, probably North Africa or the Abbasid east, one of the oldest Qur'an leaves in American museums. In the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
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