{"id":5601,"date":"2018-03-19T12:54:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T12:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5601-rare-quran-manuscript-found-in-tunisia\/"},"modified":"2018-03-19T12:54:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T12:54:02","slug":"rare-quran-manuscript-found-in-tunisia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5601-rare-quran-manuscript-found-in-tunisia\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Quran manuscript found in Tunisia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0A rare manuscript copy of the Quran dating back to 9 centuries ago has been found in Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0A rare manuscript copy of the Quran dating back to 9 centuries ago has been found in Tunisia.<\/h4>\n<h4>According to al-Arabi al-Jadid website, the copy was recently delivered to the North African country\u2019s national library.<\/h4>\n<h4>It is one of the three Quran manuscripts attributed to famous Andalusian calligrapher Ibn Ghatous.<\/h4>\n<h4>The Moroccan calligraphy style has been used to write the copy according to experts, who believe it took the calligrapher six months to complete the work.<\/h4>\n<h4>Shakir Adil Kashak, director of the library\u2019s manuscripts section, said the calligrapher\u2019s name has been inscribed in gold on the last page of the copy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>He noted that the library is also in possession of two other Quran manuscripts calligraphed by Ibn Ghatous.\u00a0\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>According to Kashak, the recently found manuscript is smaller in size than the other two.<\/h4>\n<h4>Ibn Ghatous, who died in 1213 AD, is known to have calligraphed some 500 copies of the Quran.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0A rare manuscript copy of the Quran dating back to 9 centuries ago has been found in Tunisia. \u00a0 \u00a0A rare manuscript copy of the Quran dating back to 9 centuries ago has been found in Tunisia. 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