Samarkand Museum keeps one of the world's largest Quran books

The Quran book kept at the State Museum of History of Culture of Uzbekistan in Samarkand is one of the rarest versions in Central Asia by size and folding, a researcher at the Samarkand State Museum of Conservation Sh. Rustamov says.

Allegedly, this sample was copied on a Samarkand paper by Mullo Khasan Samarkandiy according to the order of Bukharian governor Amir Nasrullah in hijri 1271 (AD 1854-1855). 

On the first page of the book, it is written that it was presented as waqf for the mosque of Bibikhanim. Later on, it was transferred to the mausoleum of Shahi Zinda.

This book was repaired in hijri 1298 (AD 1881-1882) and 1339 (AD 1922-1923). Mulla Abdurahman Mirsolihov, Porsokhuja Tursunkhodjaev and Mullo Sayfiddin Abdusattarov were involved in restoration of the faded pages. 

In 1939, the book was taken to the Samarkand Regional Museum (now the Museum of Culture History of Uzbekistan).

The Quran is 104 x 156 cm long and contains 32 pages. The title (name) of the book is on the first page and it is written in elaborated letters. Each page consists of interconnected sheets and is attached to wooden rectangular units. The corners are covered with leather.