Blue Qur'an

10th century Quranic manuscript
VisualArtwork illuminated_manuscript Q2997010
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Blue Qur'an

Summary

Blue Qur'an is an illuminated manuscript[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of illuminated_manuscript entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blue Qur'an's image is recorded as Folio Blue Quran Met 2004.88.jpg[3].
  • Blue Qur'an's instance of is recorded as illuminated manuscript[4].
  • Blue Qur'an's made from material is recorded as vellum[5].
  • Blue Qur'an's made from material is recorded as indigo[6].
  • Blue Qur'an's collection is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art[7].
  • Blue Qur'an's collection is recorded as Brooklyn Museum[8].
  • Blue Qur'an's collection is recorded as Los Angeles County Museum of Art[9].
  • Blue Qur'an's collection is recorded as Chester Beatty Library[10].
  • Blue Qur'an's collection is recorded as Islamic art collections in the Bardo National Museum[11].
  • Blue Qur'an's collection is recorded as Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art[12].
  • Blue Qur'an's collection is recorded as Raqqada National Museum of Islamic Art[13].
  • Blue Qur'an's collection is recorded as Museum of Islamic Art[14].
  • Blue Qur'an's inventory number is recorded as 2004.88[15].
  • Blue Qur'an's inventory number is recorded as KFQ 53[16].
  • Blue Qur'an's inventory number is recorded as Rutbi 196[17].
  • Blue Qur'an's Commons category is recorded as Blue Qur'an[18].
  • Blue Qur'an's country of origin is recorded as Fatimid Caliphate[19].
  • Blue Qur'an's has part is recorded as Two Folios from the 'Blue Qur'an'[20].
  • Blue Qur'an's has part is recorded as Blue Qur'an (Raqqada, Rutbi 196)[21].
  • Blue Qur'an's has part is recorded as Folio from the "Blue Qur'an" (MET 2004.88)[22].
  • Blue Qur'an's has part is recorded as Two folios from the Blue Qur'an (CBL Is 1405A)[23].
  • +1000-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Blue Qur'an[24].
  • Blue Qur'an's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j26bp_[25].
  • Blue Qur'an's location of creation is recorded as Kairouan[26].
  • Blue Qur'an's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+40.2'}[27].

Why It Matters

Blue Qur'an ranks in the top 7% of illuminated_manuscript entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . islamicart.museumwnf.org. islamicart.museumwnf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . viewer.cbl.ie. viewer.cbl.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . khalilicollections.org. Retrieved . khalilicollections.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . islamicart.museumwnf.org. islamicart.museumwnf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . khalilicollections.org. Retrieved . khalilicollections.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . islamicart.museumwnf.org. islamicart.museumwnf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . islamicart.museumwnf.org. islamicart.museumwnf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . islamicart.museumwnf.org. islamicart.museumwnf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . islamicart.museumwnf.org. islamicart.museumwnf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · MartinPoulter · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location of creation Kairouan
    Country of origin
    Has part(s) Two Folios from the 'Blue Qur'an', Blue Qur'an (Raqqada, Rutbi 196), Folio from the "Blue Qur'an" (MET 2004.88) +1
    Country of origin Fatimid Caliphate
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1574]]: [[Q428]]"
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