120 Ancient Quran Copies Stolen from Quetta’s ‘Quran Mountain’
According to local media reports, the Brewery Police Station has registered a case following a complaint from Ajmal Khan, the in-charge of Jabal Noor al-Quran. Police have launched an investigation into the incident.
The First Information Report (FIR) states that the theft occurred on the night of January 21-22, when unidentified individuals broke into the cave housing the manuscripts.
They reportedly shattered the glass showcases displaying the Quran copies and removed them.
Ajmal Khan informed authorities that when he arrived at the site on Wednesday morning, he discovered the cave door’s lock broken and the glass of 12 showcases smashed.
Balaj Lehri, a member of the Jabal Noor Committee, disclosed that handwritten copies of the Quran, Hadith, and rare manuscripts sourced from other countries were among the stolen items.
Jabal Noor al-Quran, located in the Chiltan mountain range on the outskirts of Quetta, serves as a repository for fragile Quranic manuscripts and other religious texts.
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It was established in 1992 by the Jabal Noor Foundation under the leadership of Mir Abdul Samad Lehri, later managed by his brother Mir Abdul Rashid Lehri. Today, the Lehri family’s second and third generations continue this legacy.
The site began with a single tunnel carved into the mountain to preserve damaged and delicate Quranic pages, protecting them from desecration. Over the past 30 years, the facility has expanded to more than 100 tunnels, now housing an estimated 25 to 30 million copies of the Quran and other religious texts.
Source: Agencies
