MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE TEXT OF THE QUR'AN

THE OLD CODICES

THE KITAB AL-MASAHIF OF IBN ABI DAWUD TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION OF THE VARIANT READINGS FROM THE CODICES OF IBN MA'SUD, UBAI, 'ALI IBN 'ABBAS, ANAS, ABU MUSA AND OTHER EARLY QUR'ANIC AUTHORITIES WHICH PRESENT A TYPE OF TEXT ANTERIOR TO THAT OF THE CANONICAL TEXT OF 'UTHMAN

EDITED BY
ARTHUR JEFFERY


TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
General Introduction
The Masahif Books

THE OLD CODICES
 
(a) Primary Codices

Codex of Ibn Mas'ud
Codex of Ubai b. Ka'b
Codex of 'Ali
Codex of Ibn 'Abbas
Codex Of Abu Musa al-Ashari
Codex of Hafsa
Codex of Anas b. Malik
Codex of 'Umar
Codex of Zaid b. Thabit
Codex of Ibn az-Zubair
Codex of Ibn Amr
Codex of A'isha
Codex of Salim
Codex of Umm Salama
Codex of Ubaid b. Umair

(b) Secondary Codices

Codex of al-Aswad
Codex of Alqama
Codex of Hittan
Codex of Said b. Jubair
Codex of Talha
Codex of Ikrima
Codex of Mujahid
Codex of Asa b. Abi Rabih
Codex of ar-Rabi' b. Khuthaim
Codex of al-A'mash
Codex of Ja'far as-Sadiq
Codex of Salih b. Kaisan
Codex of al-Harith b. Suwaid

(c) Unnamed Codices
 

ADDENDA

CORRIGENDA

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