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'Oldest' Koran fragments found in Birmingham University
by Guest Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:54 am
What may be the world's oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham.
Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence.
The pages of the Muslim holy text had remained unrecognised in the university library for almost a century.
The British Library's expert on such manuscripts, Dr Muhammad Isa Waley, said this "exciting discovery" would make Muslims "rejoice".
The manuscript had been kept with a collection of other Middle Eastern books and documents, without being identified as one of the oldest fragments of the Koran in the world.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33436021
Interesting that this has been found in the Uk and that it could be one of the earliest fragments found.
Again though this is written in Hijazi script which leaves much open to interpretation compared to mordern Qurans.
Again it would be interesting to see if they have translated and how much variance there is.
Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence.
The pages of the Muslim holy text had remained unrecognised in the university library for almost a century.
The British Library's expert on such manuscripts, Dr Muhammad Isa Waley, said this "exciting discovery" would make Muslims "rejoice".
The manuscript had been kept with a collection of other Middle Eastern books and documents, without being identified as one of the oldest fragments of the Koran in the world.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33436021
Interesting that this has been found in the Uk and that it could be one of the earliest fragments found.
Again though this is written in Hijazi script which leaves much open to interpretation compared to mordern Qurans.
Again it would be interesting to see if they have translated and how much variance there is.
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Re: 'Oldest' Koran fragments found in Birmingham University
by Guest Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:21 am
i was expecting
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Re: 'Oldest' Koran fragments found in Birmingham University
by Guest Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:25 am
korban dallas wrote:i was expecting
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Re: 'Oldest' Koran fragments found in Birmingham University
by Guest Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:43 pm
Is that HA HA! (funny) or HA HA! (statistically)as i am not sureFuzzy Zack wrote:korban dallas wrote:i was expecting
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
HA HA!
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Re: 'Oldest' Koran fragments found in Birmingham University
by Guest Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:51 pm
sorry not (statistically) that was a combination of my dyslexia and the bloody spell checker DoH!! but thanks i meant sarcasticallyFuzzy Zack wrote:korban dallas wrote:
Is that HA HA! (funny) or HA HA! (statistically)as i am not sure
Statistics? Hmm! I'm not sure what the standard deviation of that is but I meant "funny" HA HA!
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