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Tag: Arabic Palaeography

Remembering Papyrologist Nabbia Abbot (1897-1981)

Nabbia Abbot (Nabīha ʿAbūd) was born on January 31, 1897, in Mardin, Turkey.  While she was still a young child, she traveled using a horse-pulled covered wagon with a caravan together with her family to Mosul.  She then sailed along the...

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Ahmed W. Shaker

Researcher and Editor-in-Chief of Quran Manuscripts Studies Blog