Title

al-Qurʾān

Full title

Short Title

al-Qurʾān

Title in English

The Qur'an

Printer

Aziatskaia Tipografiia ('Asian Press')

Released place

Saint Petersburg

Released date

1787

Author

Language

125

Qur'an

Qur'an structure

Suras

Pages

490

Further notes

Sources

Arabic Type

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references:

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/collections/8N8N9JV3/tags/1787_St.Petersburg_print_edition/collection

Individuals

Descriptive card

Upon the 1787 decree of Catherine II, the full Arabic text of the Qur’an was printed for the first time in Russia at the privately owned ‘Asian Press’ in St. Petersburg. The edition was intended for free distribution among the ‘Kirghiz’, i.e. Russia's Muslim population. The St. Petersburg edition consists of 477 pages plus a one-page list of errata. Each page has 17 lines; the text of the Qur'an is enframed; additional information about suras is provided on the margins.

Entry author

Gulnaz Sibgatullina