Uthman Quran

The Samarkand Kufic Quran (also known as the Uthman Quran, Samarkand codex, Samarkand manuscript and Tashkent Quran) is a 8th century manuscript Quran written in the territory of modern Iraq in the Kufic script. It is believed by local Uzbek Muslims that it belonged to the third Caliph, Uthman ibn Affan and along with the Sana'a manuscripts is the oldest Quran in the world. Today it is kept in the Hast Imam library, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.