The Palermo Quran is a manuscript of the Quran written in Palermo, Sicily in AH 372 (982 or 983 CE) when Sicily was part of the Fatimid Caliphate. It is the oldest surviving Quran manuscript from Muslim Sicily and has been described by University of Oxford professor Jeremy Johns as "the single most important artifact so far known to survive from Muslim Sicily".
The Palermo Quran is a manuscript of the Quran written in Palermo, Sicily in AH 372 (982 or 983 CE) when Sicily was part of the Fatimid Caliphate. It is the oldest surviving Quran manuscript from Muslim Sicily and has been described by University of Oxford professor Jeremy Johns as "the single most important artifact so far known to survive from Muslim Sicily".
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