This page was created by Yonglong Ren. The last update was by Amanda Luyster.
When was this object made?
Yonglong (Ethan) Ren, Class of 2026, College of the Holy Cross
This page of the Qur'an was made between 850-1000 CE. A century or two before it was made, in 762 CE, the caliph Al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad in present-day Iraq. This planned circular city was founded near the ancient Babylonian capital city of Babylon and the Persian city of Ctesiphon. Medieval Baghdad became a center of science, culture, and invention in what became known as the Golden Age of Islam. In later centuries, Qur'ans remained extraordinarily beautiful and important, and they were made in many locations around the medieval globe.