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Sanaa manuscript
Also known as Ṣanʿāʾ 1, Sanaa palimpsest
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- founded or start. 7th centurylow · Wikidata P571
Qur'an palimpsest found in Sanaa in 1972 whose lower text differs from the standard text; radiocarbon dating points to the 7th century.
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The Sanaa palimpsest or Sanaa Quran is one of the oldest Quranic manuscripts in existence and is important for textual criticism in Quranic studies. Part of a sizable cache of Quranic and non-Quranic fragments discovered in Yemen during a 1972 restoration of the Great Mosque of Sanaa, the manuscript was identified as a palimpsest Quran in 1981 as it is written on parchment and comprises two layers of text.
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- Sanaa manuscript · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q2710443 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
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bridge · quran-history · manuscripts · 7th-century