Original Manuscripts of Quran Presented to Nezami Ganjavi International Center
Original manuscripts of Quran written in gold script have been presented to the collection of the Nezami Ganjavi International Center.
The Center told APA that these are original 14cm x 20cm gold scripts of Surah Al Baqarah and Al Fatiha of Quran dated back 1126 A.H. (1709 A.D.).
The most important manuscript is the Holy Quran written by the most famous calligrapher of Ottoman Empire Sheikh Hamdullah (1436–1520). Sheikh Hamdullah dedicated all his life to writing 47 amazing Qurans.
Nizami Ganjavi International Center has held about 15 exhibitions of the archive of original manuscripts and illustrations dedicated to "Khamsa" of Nizami Ganjavi that is one of the rarest pearls of the Eastern culture and history in Bishkek, Washington DC, Alexandria, Tbilisi.
The original manuscripts and illustrations will be presented to a wider audience along with the Library of Alexandria, National Library of Turkey and Kuwait Foundation within the "Silk Road" project.
Nezami Ganjavi was a 12th-century Iranian poet. Nezami is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic.
