It is said that the University of Birmingham have found some of the world's oldest fragments of the Koran.
Radiocarbon analysis found the manuscript, which were written on sheep or goat skin dated back to AD 568- AD 645. This makes them at least 1,370 years old.
Susan Worrall, the University of Birmingham's director of special collections said, "The radiocarbon dating has delivered an exciting result, which contributes significantly to our understanding of the earliest written copies of the Koran. We are thrilled that such an important historical document is here in Birmingham, the most culturally diverse city in the UK."
The Professor of Christianity and Islam, Professor David Thomas added, “The radiocarbon dating of the Birmingham Koran folios has yielded a startling result and reveals one of the most surprising secrets of the University’s collections. They could well take us back to within a few years of the actual founding of Islam."
He continued, “According to Muslim tradition, the Prophet Muhammad received the revelations that form the Koran, the scripture of Islam, between the years 610 and 632, the year of his death.”
