• Qur’ān. China, 1600s.

Curatorial note:

Among recent additions to the Manuscripts Division’s ten thousand Islamic manuscripts are two complete Qur’āns from China under the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), written in Arabic on paper and still in contemporary bindings. The Qur’ān on display begins with pages boldly decorated in gold, red, blue, green, and ocher. In style, these Qur’āns combine Arabic, Central Asian, and Chinese influences. Islam was introduced to China in the seventh century and survives to this day as a minority religion, practiced by the Hui people, chiefly in northwestern China, bordering on Muslim areas of Central Asia; by the Uyghurs, a Turkic people in Xinjiang, an autonomous region in northwestern China; and by Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Tartars, and other less numerous ethnic minorities in China.

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Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series (C0723, no. 875). Manuscripts Division. Purchase, 2017.

Collections:
  • Welcome Additions
  • Manuscripts (Welcome Additions Exhibition)
Title:
  • Qur'an, 18th century
Call number:
  • Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 876
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • 1 v. 23 x 30.5 cm
Format:
  • Manuscript
Title sort:
  • Qur'an, 18th century
Created:
  • 1726-01-01T00:00:00Z/1727-12-31T23:59:59Z
Date:
  • 18th century
Location:
  • HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 876
  • HSVM Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 876
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/k0698c44w
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Source acquisition:
  • Purchase, 2017. AM 2018-1
Abstract:
  • Qur'an. China, 1726-1727.
Range label:
  • Logical
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