Early Manuscripts at Iowa: Turkey
Pre-1600 (and a few post-1600) manuscripts located in Special Collections at the University of Iowa
Manuscripts from Turkey
- QurʼānCall Number: xMs U584 quPublication Date: 19th CenturyContents: Incomplete manuscript Quran, missing 26 pages. Written in gold and red with black text of medium quality hand.
Place of Origin: Turkey?
Language: Arabic - [Arabic manuscript]Call Number: xMs U584 ar1Publication Date: 19th CenturyContents: Arabic manuscript from the Ottoman period, containing prayers for supplication in red, gold and black ink. Talismans, written in a different hand, in Ottoman Turkish, were added on blank pages at the end.
Place of origin: Turkey?
Language: Arabic and Ottoman