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  • Teli village stands out as one of the many religiously highly ecletic and tolerant in the Dogon Country. Muslims, Catholics and Animists live together in harmony even if the village mosque shows the predominacy of the Islamic religion. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Fez Medina seen from Borj Sud. Fez is the medieval capital of Morocco, and a great city of high Islamic civilization. It has the best-preserved old city in the Arab world, the sprawling, labyrinthine medina of Fes el-Bali, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Fez Medina seen from Borj Sud. Fez is the medieval capital of Morocco, and a great city of high Islamic civilization. It has the best-preserved old city in the Arab world, the sprawling, labyrinthine medina of Fes el-Bali, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Fez Medina seen from Borj Sud. Fez is the medieval capital of Morocco, and a great city of high Islamic civilization. It has the best-preserved old city in the Arab world, the sprawling, labyrinthine medina of Fes el-Bali, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • People gathering around the holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure, expecting his blessing and listening to his advice. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
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  • Men chat and wait around the house of the holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure, expecting his blessing and listening to his advice. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
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  • Ancient arab manuscripts part of  the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library, in Chinguetti.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • biblioteca fondation ahmed al mahmoud com manuscritos arabes do sec XI ao XIX. chinguetti, mauritania. africa2007.
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  • The holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
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  • People gathering around the holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure, expecting his blessing and listening to his advice. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
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  • People gathering around the holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure, expecting his blessing and listening to his advice. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
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  • biblioteca fondation ahmed al mahmoud com manuscritos arabes do sec XI ao XIX. chinguetti, mauritania. africa2007.
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  • The Friday mosque is supposedly dated of the 13/14th century and the squared minaret is said to be the 2nd oldest in use in the world. Chinguetti, a medieval trading center founded in the 13th century, now home of some libraries full of ancient arab manuscripts
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  • Chinguetti, a lost village in the Adrar region, once an important home of Muslim scholars and Madrassas, today is famous for it's private libraries with ancient arab manuscripts from medicine to religion, some dating back to the 9th century.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • Ancient arab manuscripts part of  the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library, in Chinguetti.
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  • Ancient arab manuscripts part of  the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library, in Chinguetti.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • Women wearing muslim çarsaf outside New Mosque in Istanbul.
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  • Four generations of turkish women waiting with different clothing in a street near New Mosque (Yeni Cami), in Istanbul.
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  • A woman passes by one of the two medusas heads in Basilica Cistern in Istanbul.
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  • Woman passing by in a patio inside El Moqri Palace in Fez Medina.
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  • A man poses in front of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk portrait, inside one of Istanbul's ferry boats (vapur). Ataturk is considered to be the founder of The Turkish Republic.
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  • Street vendor selling turkish national flags with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk face imprinted. Ataturk is considered to be the founder of The Turkish Republic.
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  • A young lady waits near Galata bridge in Istanbul
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  • A woman poses with her child near Galata bridge in Istanbul.
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  • A man waits for the tram in front of Sırkesı Train Station in Istanbul
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  • A mother with her son in one of the inner streets at Istanbul's Grand Bazaar.
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  • People passing behind New Mosque (Yeni Cami), in Istanbul.
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  • Street scene in Nöbethane Street near Sultanhamet, in Istanbul.
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  • People waiting for a bus in Istanbul.
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  • The sillouette of one of the pilots of a boat that cruises the Bosphorus, seen through the glass with Istanbul landscape on the background.
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  • Young people inside a bus in Istanbul.
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  • People on the underpass that runs under Galata bridge, in Istanbul.
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  • Visitors reflected on the rain ponds in one terrace at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.
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  • Young men chat on a Istanbul ferry boat.
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  • Girl playing with pigeons near the New Mosque, in Istanbul.
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  • Muslim tourists doing a cruise on the Bosphorus, in Istanbul.
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  • Portrait of a man inside one of Istanbul's ferries (vapur).
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  • A couple embraces near Galata bridge in Istanbul.
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  • Visitors glazing at the tiles at one of the rooms in Topkapi Palace, in Istanbul.
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  • People on the stairs of the underpass just in front New Mosque (Yeni Cami), in Istanbul.
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  • Man washing millet straw in a lake formed by rain in front of Kani-Kombolé village mosque. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Most Dogon Country mosques are in Sudanese style and built with mud. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Most Dogon Country mosques are in Sudanese style and built with mud. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
    080809-LFC-3014.jpg
  • Most Dogon Country mosques are in Sudanese style and built with mud.The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Faithful enters Endé mosque. Most Dogon Country mosques are in Sudanese style and built with mud. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Man wearing a traditional "jelaba" clothing near a fountain close by Attarine Medersa.
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  • Man on a balcony inside an old palace in Fez medina. Many of these old palaces, also called ryads, have been converted to small luxury hotels.
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  • Man on a balcony inside an old palace in Fez medina. Many of these old palaces, also called ryads, have been converted to small luxury hotels.
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  • Pedestrians passing  near Moulay Idriss Tomb. Moulay Idriss is the founder of Morocco and of Fes. His Zaouia (tomb) is considered the holiest building in the holy city of Fes. Although non-muslins can't get in, it's permitted to walk around.and see the  lovely brass dividers. Quiet and serene this place is beautiful and peaceful.
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  • Moulay Idriss Tomb. Moulay Idriss is the founder of Morocco and of Fes. His Zaouia is considered the holiest building in the holy city of Fes. Although non-muslins can't get in, it's permitted to walk around.and see the  lovely brass dividers. Quiet and serene this place is beautiful and peaceful.
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  • Man talking to a boy near Moulay Idriss Tomb. Moulay Idriss is the founder of Morocco and of Fes. His Zaouia (tomb) is considered the holiest building in the holy city of Fes. Although non-muslins can't get in, it's permitted to walk around.and see the  lovely brass dividers. Quiet and serene this place is beautiful and peaceful.
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  • The narrow Fez medina streets and its souks are bustled with vendors, shops, people carrying goods and the daily life is overwhelmingly fast.
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  • From the Borj Nord near the Merenid Tombs there is a magnificent view over Fez Medina.
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  • From the Borj Nord near the Merenid Tombs there is a magnificent view over Fez Medina.
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  • Beggar in a narrow street inside Fez Medina.
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  • Children playing in a narrow alley inside Fez Medina.
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  • Fasis (locals from Fez) promenade near Bab Smaa and Moulay Hassan Square.
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  • Men praying on the streets of Mopti. At the confluence of the Niger and the Bani rivers, between Timbuktu and Ségou, Mopti is the second largest city in Mali, and the hub for commerce and tourism in this predominantly muslim west-african landlocked country.
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  • A man dressed with a "bubu" passes by Mopti's Great Mosque. At the confluence of the Niger and the Bani rivers, between Timbuktu and Ségou, Mopti is the second largest city in Mali, and the hub for commerce and tourism in this west-african landlocked country.
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  • Children playing by Sankoré Mosque in Timbuktu, Mali.
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  • A man wearing tuareg clothing talks on the phone in front of Sankoré Mosque, in Timbuktu, Mali.
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  • A man stands near Sankoré Mosque, in Timbuktu, Mali.
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  • A man stands near Sankoré Mosque, in Timbuktu, Mali.
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  • Two Tuareg men greeting in front of Sankore Mosque in Timbuktu, Mali.
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  • Tuareg man passes by Sankoré Mosque in Timbuktu, Mali.
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  • Woman passing in front of Sankoré Mosque, in Timbuktu, Mali.
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  • Castelo dos Mouros (Castle of the Moors) in Sintra, is one of the biggest tourists attractions in the country. Built by the Moors between the 9th and 10th centuries, the castle is located in the middle of the mistic Sintra Mountain and is considered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO., Portugal. 24/03/2011 NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Castelo dos Mouros (Castle of the Moors) in Sintra, is one of the biggest tourists attractions in the country. Built by the Moors between the 9th and 10th centuries, the castle is located in the middle of the mistic Sintra Mountain and is considered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO., Portugal. 24/03/2011 NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Palacio da Pena (Pena Palace) seen from Castelo dos Mouros. Castelo dos Mouros (Castle of the Moors) in Sintra, is one of the biggest tourists attractions in the country. Built by the Moors between the 9th and 10th centuries, the castle is located in the middle of the mistic Sintra Mountain and is considered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO., Portugal. 24/03/2011 NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Palacio da Pena (Pena Palace) seen from Castelo dos Mouros. Castelo dos Mouros (Castle of the Moors) in Sintra, is one of the biggest tourists attractions in the country. Built by the Moors between the 9th and 10th centuries, the castle is located in the middle of the mistic Sintra Mountain and is considered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO., Portugal. 24/03/2011 NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Castelo dos Mouros (Castle of the Moors) in Sintra, is one of the biggest tourists attractions in the country. Built by the Moors between the 9th and 10th centuries, the castle is located in the middle of the mistic Sintra Mountain and is considered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO., Portugal. 24/03/2011 NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Arrayanes Patio / Alhambra Palace / GRANADA / Andalusia Region / Spain. Route by train after the steps of Washington Irving, romantic American writer who travelled in 1829 from Seville to Granada, where he wrote 'Tales of the Alhambra'. Fascinated by the wealth and exoticism of the Spanish-Muslim civilization, Irving was responsible, along with the French writers of the 19th century, for the romantic image of Al-Andalus. Alberto Paredes / 4SEE
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  • Alhambra Palace seen from The Generalife / GRANADA / Andalusia Region / Spain. Route by train after the steps of Washington Irving, romantic American writer who travelled in 1829 from Seville to Granada, where he wrote 'Tales of the Alhambra'. Fascinated by the wealth and exoticism of the Spanish-Muslim civilization, Irving was responsible, along with the French writers of the 19th century, for the romantic image of Al-Andalus. Alberto Paredes / 4SEE
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  • Arrayanes Patio / Alhambra Palace / GRANADA / Andalusia Region / Spain. Route by train after the steps of Washington Irving, romantic American writer who travelled in 1829 from Seville to Granada, where he wrote 'Tales of the Alhambra'. Fascinated by the wealth and exoticism of the Spanish-Muslim civilization, Irving was responsible, along with the French writers of the 19th century, for the romantic image of Al-Andalus. Alberto Paredes / 4SEE
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  • Salon del trono / Throne Hall / Alhambra Palace / GRANADA / Andalusia Region / Spain. Route by train after the steps of Washington Irving, romantic American writer who travelled in 1829 from Seville to Granada, where he wrote 'Tales of the Alhambra'. Fascinated by the wealth and exoticism of the Spanish-Muslim civilization, Irving was responsible, along with the French writers of the 19th century, for the romantic image of Al-Andalus. Alberto Paredes / 4SEE
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  • Patio del Cuarto Dorado / Golden Room Patio / Alhambra Palace / GRANADA / Andalusia Region / Spain. Route by train after the steps of Washington Irving, romantic American writer who travelled in 1829 from Seville to Granada, where he wrote 'Tales of the Alhambra'. Fascinated by the wealth and exoticism of the Spanish-Muslim civilization, Irving was responsible, along with the French writers of the 19th century, for the romantic image of Al-Andalus. Alberto Paredes / 4SEE
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  • Alhambra Palace view from restaurant El Huerto de Juan Ranas in the Albaicin Quarter / GRANADA / Andalusia Region / Spain. Route by train after the steps of Washington Irving, romantic American writer who travelled in 1829 from Seville to Granada, where he wrote 'Tales of the Alhambra'. Fascinated by the wealth and exoticism of the Spanish-Muslim civilization, Irving was responsible, along with the French writers of the 19th century, for the romantic image of Al-Andalus. Alberto Paredes / 4SEE
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  • Arrayanes Patio / Alhambra Palace / GRANADA / Andalusia Region / Spain. Route by train after the steps of Washington Irving, romantic American writer who travelled in 1829 from Seville to Granada, where he wrote 'Tales of the Alhambra'. Fascinated by the wealth and exoticism of the Spanish-Muslim civilization, Irving was responsible, along with the French writers of the 19th century, for the romantic image of Al-Andalus. Alberto Paredes / 4SEE
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  • A young womand wals down the stairs at Galata bridge, in Istanbul, with the minarets of New Mosque on the background
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  • The narrow Fez medina streets and its souks are bustled with vendors, shops, people carrying goods and the daily life is overwhelmingly fast.
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  • "Islam" graffiti with a happyt face on the asylum center's wall left by one of its residents. The walls of the center are like an improvised journal of the past and present residents. FEDASIL Rixensart asylum center. Rixensart, Belgium. April 2015. I took these photographs during an international volunteer program that I liderate with an international volunteering group.
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  • Alba Fedeli, who was studying items in the Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts for her PhD thesis Early Qur'ānic manuscripts, their text, and the Alphonse Mingana papers held in the Department of Special Collections of the University of Birmingham, found the two leave. <br />
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A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.<br />
<br />
Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632.<br />
<br />
The Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at the University of Birmingham from Friday 2 October until Sunday 25 October and then at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2016.
    Oldest Koran Birmingham-Attilio Fium...jpg
  • A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.<br />
<br />
Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632.<br />
<br />
The Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at the University of Birmingham from Friday 2 October until Sunday 25 October and then at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2016.
    Oldest Koran Birmingham-Attilio Fium...jpg
  • A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.<br />
<br />
Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632.<br />
<br />
The Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at the University of Birmingham from Friday 2 October until Sunday 25 October and then at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2016.
    Oldest Koran Birmingham-Attilio Fium...jpg
  • A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.<br />
<br />
Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632.<br />
<br />
The Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at the University of Birmingham from Friday 2 October until Sunday 25 October and then at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2016.
    Oldest Koran Birmingham-Attilio Fium...jpg
  • A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.<br />
<br />
Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632.<br />
<br />
The Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at the University of Birmingham from Friday 2 October until Sunday 25 October and then at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2016.
    Oldest Koran Birmingham-Attilio Fium...jpg
  • A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.<br />
<br />
Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632.<br />
<br />
The Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at the University of Birmingham from Friday 2 October until Sunday 25 October and then at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2016.
    Oldest Koran Birmingham-Attilio Fium...jpg
  • Susan Worrall, Director of Special Collections (Cadbury Research Library), at the University of Birmingham.<br />
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<br />
A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.<br />
<br />
Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632.<br />
<br />
The Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at the University of Birmingham from Friday 2 October until Sunday 25 October and then at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2016.
    Oldest Koran Birmingham-Attilio Fium...jpg
  • Susan Worrall, Director of Special Collections (Cadbury Research Library), at the University of Birmingham.<br />
___<br />
<br />
A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.<br />
<br />
Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632.<br />
<br />
The Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at the University of Birmingham from Friday 2 October until Sunday 25 October and then at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2016.
    Oldest Koran Birmingham-Attilio Fium...jpg
  • A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.<br />
<br />
Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632.<br />
<br />
The Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at the University of Birmingham from Friday 2 October until Sunday 25 October and then at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2016.
    Oldest Koran Birmingham-Attilio Fium...jpg
  • Susan Worrall, Director of Special Collections (Cadbury Research Library), at the University of Birmingham.<br />
___<br />
<br />
A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.<br />
<br />
Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632.<br />
<br />
The Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at the University of Birmingham from Friday 2 October until Sunday 25 October and then at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2016.
    Oldest Koran Birmingham-Attilio Fium...jpg
  • Alba Fedeli, who was studying items in the Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts for her PhD thesis Early Qur'ānic manuscripts, their text, and the Alphonse Mingana papers held in the Department of Special Collections of the University of Birmingham, found the two leave. <br />
___<br />
A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.<br />
<br />
Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632.<br />
<br />
The Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at the University of Birmingham from Friday 2 October until Sunday 25 October and then at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2016.
    Oldest Koran Birmingham-Attilio Fium...jpg
  • Alba Fedeli, who was studying items in the Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts for her PhD thesis Early Qur'ānic manuscripts, their text, and the Alphonse Mingana papers held in the Department of Special Collections of the University of Birmingham, found the two leave. <br />
___<br />
A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods.<br />
<br />
Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the period between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4% accuracy. The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632.<br />
<br />
The Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at the University of Birmingham from Friday 2 October until Sunday 25 October and then at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2016.
    Oldest Koran Birmingham-Attilio Fium...jpg
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