Saadian Qur’ans العربية
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The Qur’an of Muhammad b. ʿAbd al-Rahman b. ʿIsa on parchment

Le Coran de Muhammad b. ʿAbd al-Rahman b. ʿIsa sur parchemin (Tunis) · مصحف محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن عيسى على الرق

982 AH · 1574–1575 CE

In the reign of Muhammad al-Mutawakkil

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Opening of Surat al-Israʾ
Opening of Surat al-Israʾ · National Library, Tunis, 4137, after Khabta, fig. 190 · AI-enhanced
SurvivesCompleteness unknownNot digitised
Copyist
Muhammad b. ʿAbd al-Rahman b. ʿIsa
Today
Tunis, National Library, no. 4137
Format
Parchment

Khabta counts it as Saadian, written in the year Muhammad al-Mutawakkil came to power, and one of the few examples in which parchment was still used in the Saadian period after paper had prevailed.

The date and the copyist are known, but we do not know the place of copying, and cannot be sure that it is Moroccan rather than Tunisian.

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Opening of Surat al-Israʾ
Opening of Surat al-Israʾ · National Library, Tunis, 4137, after Khabta, fig. 190 · AI-enhanced
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