Efforts underway to add Iranian manuscript Qurans to UNESCO Memory of the World Program

May 9, 2006 - 0:0
TEHRAN -- A collection of manuscript Qurans kept at the Astan-e Qods Razavi Museum of Manuscripts in Mashhad has been submitted for registration in the UNESCO Memory of the World Program, the director of the museum’s library announced on Sunday.

The Qurans, which are inscribed on deerskin, are attributed to Imam Ali (AS), Imam Hassan (AS), Imam Sajjad (AS), Imam Musa Kazem (AS), and Imam Reza (AS), Jafar Darbagh Anbaran added.

The Astan-e Qods Razavi Library is home to about 70,000 manuscripts, 6,000 CDs, 38,000 microfilms, and 34,000 lithographic books, he stated.