Article: Digital Sultan Baybars' Koran now in British Library.(Brief Article)

Article: Opium at the British Library.
The Star (Amman, Jordan);  June 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... it was in the august reading rooms of the British Library that he had once declared that religion ... probably the most magnificent Qur'an in the British Library, presented to the Sultan Baybars in Cairo around 1305. It was fascinating ...

Article: British Library initiatives: turning the ...
Information Today;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... announcements, The British Library (BL) has released ... Anyone who visits The British Library Exhibition Galleries ... Sutra (Buddhism), Sultan Baybars' Qur'an (Islam ... and retained at The British Library, which will distribute ...

Article: Turning the pages of priceless manuscripts.(news feature; ...
EContent;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...If you ran the British Library, would you let the ... Sherborne Missal, and Sultan Baybars' Qur'an. It ... City, I visited the British Library's booth. The centerpiece ... the software. The British Library plans to digitize ...

Article: Good read.(News)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  September 5, 2002 ;     225 words ...A 700-year-old Koran, of religious and cultural importance, is now available to the public at the touch of a button thanks to pioneering technology at the British Library. Sultan Baybars' Koran is thought to be the first major Islamic text electronically available.

Article: Turn for the better: Centuries-old Islamic text meets space-age ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  September 5, 2002 ;     273 words ... ... Acquisitions Section of the British Library, turns the pages of the electronic version of Sultan Baybars' Qur'an, inside the British Library in London yesterday ... to benefit from the British Library's technology which ...

BRITAIN SACRED TEXT EXHIBITION
AP Images;  April 25, 2007 ;     243 words ...Part of the 1304-6 seven volume Sultan Baybars Quran from Cairo on display at the 'Sacred : Discover what we share' exhibition in the British Library, London, Wednesday, April 25, 2007. The exhibition brought together important religious ...

Article: Ancient Koran made available on the Internet
AP Worldstream;  September 4, 2002 ;     330 words ... ... Dateline: LONDON The British Library has digitally recorded ... holy book, known as Sultan Baybars' Koran, joins texts ... executive of the British Library, said the addition ... On the Net: British Library: http://www ...