Older publications such as the Tashkent copy that is attributed to Caliph ‘Uthman which was published by Russians in 1905 and Paris National Library (hijri I. and II. centuries), Saint Petersburg and London copies have sections and are uncomplete (one is one third of the Quran the other is one fourth of the Quran). However, being known as the oldest copies, Topkapi Palace Museum and Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts and al-Mashhad al-Ḥusaynī bi-al-Qāhirah copies’ are accepted near-complete (each one is missing only a few pages).

Dr. Tayyar Altıkulaç, ex-president of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, meticulously prepared for publication the Qur’an manuscript, attributed to the third Caliph, ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan, at Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum in Istanbul. The facsimile of the manuscript is available in two separate volumes. First volume contains an extensive introduction, in both Turkish and Arabic. The so-called ‘Uthman’s codex (mushaf) is acknowledged as the oldest manuscript copy of the Qur’an in the world. It derives its importance from the fact that ‘Uthman’s original codex henceforth became the official standard copy of the Qur’an.

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