Almohad Qur’ans العربية
Surviving, meeting the criteria

The Qur’an of Muhammad b. ʿAbd Allah b. Ghattus

Le Coran de Muhammad b. ʿAbd Allah b. Ghattus (578 H) · مصحف محمد بن عبد الله بن غطوس

578 AH · 1182–1183 CE

In the reign of Yusuf b. ʿAbd al-Muʾmin

The card on the Almohad Qur’ans page
From the last page
From the last page · Istanbul University A 6754, after Khabta, fig. 13 · AI-enhanced
SurvivesCompleteness unknownNot digitised
Copyist
Muhammad b. ʿAbd Allah b. Muhammad b. ʿAli b. Ghattus, son of ʿAbd Allah b. Ghattus, who copied the Qur’ans of 556–558 AH
Place
Valencia, which had come under Almohad rule in 567 AH / 1172 CE
Today
Istanbul, Istanbul University Library, A 6754
Format
A single small square volume; 18.2 × 17 cm

The first known dated Qur’an of the Banu Ghattus after Valencia came under Almohad rule, and so the only one of theirs that meets the criteria here. Martin Lings published two of its pages (1976).

Not digitised for the public.

Bongianino 2020, appendix
Close-ups of the script (3)Click to enlarge →
The colophon
The colophon · Istanbul University A 6754, after Khabta, fig. 13 · AI-enhanced
From the last page
From the last page · Istanbul University A 6754, after Khabta, fig. 13 · AI-enhanced
The last two pages, in colour
The last two pages, in colour · Istanbul University A 6754, after Bongianino, thesis 2017, vol. 2, Q14
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