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Chinese Qur'an
1media/17th-century-chinese-Quran-Or_MS_15256_1_ff_55v56r_thumb.jpg2021-03-17T21:30:22-07:00Michael Hsu8a3ef4932b27ce698c4ec20fba6bf5cefb1fa5f3386223Manuscript, 17th Century, Chinaplain2021-04-28T08:40:24-07:0017th CenturyArabicChinaManuscriptBritish LibraryCurtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e
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1media/17th-century-chinese-Quran-Or_MS_15256_1_ff_55v56r.jpg2021-03-17T22:02:41-07:0017th Century Chinese Qur'an5plain2021-04-26T20:35:51-07:00 This Qur'an contains a mixture of Islamic styles of calligraphy and illumination along with local Chinese styles, symbols and aesthetics. In the image above, there is a Chinese lantern drawn that is hanging off from hooks on both sides of the image. The script written is a variation of muhaqqaq, and the brush strokes are similar to Chinese calligraphy and referred to sini (Chinese) Arabic. The people that are Chinese-speaking Muslims are known as the Hui, and most in the community practice Sunni Islam, although there are multiple factions divided between a number of traditionalist, Sufi and reformist.
