| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - It is estimated that there are over 250,000 extant manuscripts or fragments of the Quran, many of which date from the first century Hijra. 10 This is corroborated by a statement of Ibn Hazm (d. 456 AH/1064 AD) to the effect that by the time of caliph Umar???s death (24 AH), nearly 100,000 copies of the Quran were in circulation in Makka, Madina, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and other cities.
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