Tunisia: Two parchment leaves from a Qur'an written in Kufic script, Kairouan, 410 Hijri (1020 CE).

Known as the 'Nurse's Qur'an', this work was commissioned by Fatima, who had cared for the Zirid prince al-Muizz ibn Badis. The Qur'an was completed in January 1020 and according to the colophon was created in its entirety by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Warraq, then donated by Fatima to the Great Mosque in Kairouan.

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Scripts and Writing, Moors