Early Ḥijāzī and Kūfic Qurʾanic Manuscripts from the First Centuries: Introduction to the History and Features of the Codex Mashhad
A talk from Dr Morteza Karimi-Nia
Morteza Karimi-Nia is an associate member of the Academy of Sciences of Iran and a leading scholar of Qur'anic studies. Trained traditionally at the Qom Seminary (ḥawza-ye 'ilmiyyeh) and academically at the University of Tehran, he specialises in early Qur'anic manuscripts and the history of Qur'anic exegesis. He has published over 100 articles in Persian, Arabic, and English, alongside several monographs, and spent over a decade teaching and researching at Islamic Azad University, Tehran.
| An Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies seminar | |
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| Date | 29 April 2025 |
| Time | 12:00 to 13:30 |
| Place | IAIS Building/Seminar 2 |
Event details
His Bibliography of Qurʾanic Studies in European Languages (Tehran, 2012) is a key reference work bridging Islamic and Western scholarship. Since 2010, Karimi-Nia has focused extensively on Qurʾanic manuscripts; his acclaimed facsimile edition of Codex Mashhad has been praised for its scholarly depth. His current research explores interactions among Shiʿi, Sunni, and Muʿtazili exegetes in the 4th–6th centuries AH.
Location:
IAIS Building/Seminar 2
