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Birmingham is a city in England whose university preserves early Qur’anic parchment leaves

The public Library of Birmingham, England, on 6 September 2025. A contemporary city view; the Qur’anic leaves are held by the university’s Cadbury Research Library, a different institution
The public Library of Birmingham, England, on 6 September 2025. A contemporary city view; the Qur’anic leaves are held by the university’s Cadbury Research Library, a different institutionFatih Renkligil / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SALicense · Image source

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Birmingham is a city in England whose university preserves early Qur’anic parchment leaves. [1]

The university’s Cadbury Research Library holds them in the Mingana Collection. The city name identifies their current repository, not by itself the ancient manuscript’s place of production.

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  1. University of Birmingham, identity and context: Birmingham, United Kingdom. Description and source metadata Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 13 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «Birmingham, United Kingdom», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/sites/birmingham-uk