<P> The Topkapi manuscript is an early manuscript of the Quran dated to the late 1st century / early 2nd century AH (i.e. early to mid 8th century AD) </P> <P> This manuscript is kept in the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey . It is attributed to Uthman Ibn Affan (d . 656) Similar illuminations can be found in the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and other Umayyad monuments . The size of this manuscript is 41 cm x 46 cm . It contains more than 99% of the text of the Qur'an . With only two pages (23 verses) lacking, this manuscript is the closest to the complete text of the Quran . Mehmed Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt, sent this manuscript to the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II as a gift in the 19th century (CE). </P>

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