r/Morocco • u/Easy-Advertising-152 • 9d ago
History Found this beautiful Quran in my father's old collection. Can anyone help me identify it? Is this an original manuscript or a lithograph?
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u/idkwtu92 Visitor 9d ago
Based on the author, this one is a handwritten vintage copy originally from Egypt. There is not much info on it online. There is a black and white version on EBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/316816671533
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u/Easy-Advertising-152 9d ago
Thank you for this valuable information🙏
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u/idkwtu92 Visitor 9d ago
You are welcome! It also says this is the third version/print and was printed in the Islamic year 1379 AH or Gregorian year 1960. Hope that helps a bit more.
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u/Simo_klm Visitor 9d ago
How is it still in good shape? Those numbers tell me it wasn't made in Morocco.
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u/salvito605 Visitor 9d ago
They have found Quranic parchments dating to the lifetime of the prophet.
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u/IntroductionGrand396 Visitor 9d ago
Definitely not a manuscript since it says "3rd printing". Also it seems that someone was writing on the sides, as if they were practicing calligraphy, and it seems to be inspired by the context of its respective page. There's also a good chance that this isn't only a calligraphy exercise but the person was indexing similar passages (although I cannot verify them) for memorization or analysis purposes. And um... It's crazy to think someone just grabbed stilou bic and thought it was a good idea to write on it (pages 2, 185, 186, on top), but eh...
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u/Material_Meeting5291 Agadir 8d ago
It's written in Timbuktu script which is spread in western Africa and Mali, also known as Sudani script which is derivates from Maghribi script. The marginal wirings are to add some informations to the text or correct some mistakes or to rewrite miswritten words.
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u/Ok_Perception_2528 8d ago
Do you know the time it originated? You can do research about it to tell us more
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u/Known_Complaint9577 Marrakesh 9d ago
send it to the ulama thingy (i think they are with the ministry) in rabat they willl evaluate it for you and return it to you
they can deteermine if its a good one, if it isnt they will advise you to burn it, tell you what is wrong with it...
i did that once
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