Iran unveils Qur’an manscript dedicated by Turkey

Iran has unveiled an 11th-century manuscript of the holy Qur’an dedicated by Turkey’s Topkapi Palace Museum, during a ceremony in Tehran.

Many Iranian and Turkish officials attended the unveiling ceremony held in Iran’s Majlis Library, Museum and Documentation Center.

Iran’s Majlis speaker Ali Larijani, Director of the Topkapi Museum Ilber Ortayli, and theTurkish Ambassador to Tehran Umit Yardim were among the senior officials who attended the ceremony on February 7.

The manuscript is the eighth book of a 14-volume Qura’n inscribed by Uthman ibn Husayn al-Warraq in Kufic. It has been translated into Persian by Mohammad Haeri Emadi.