Cairo Qur'an Leaf, 1300s

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In time

The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

Arts of the book

Overview

A leaf from a Mamluk Qur'an; fourteenth century, Cairo. In the Cleveland Museum of Art. ¹

People and things also explored

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

Sources

Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access

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islam.museum contributors. “Cairo Qur'an Leaf, 1300s”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/waraqa-quran-qahira-1300/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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