The inscription of Zuhayr, the oldest Islamic inscription (24 AH/AD 644645), the rise of the Arabic script

and the nature of the early Islamic state1...

The inscription of Zuhayr, the oldest Islamic inscription (24 AH/AD 644645), the rise of the Arabic script and the nature of the early Islamic state
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim Ghabban1, 2. Translation and concluding remarks by1, 3. Robert Hoyland2 Article first published online: 13 OCT 2008 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2008.00297.x 2008 The Author. Journal compilation 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Issue

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volume 19, Issue 2, (/doi/10.1111/aae.2008.19.issue-2/issuetoc) pages 210237, November 2008 Additional Information How to Cite Ghabban, . i. I., Translation and concluding remarks by and Hoyland, R. (2008), The inscription of Zuhayr, the oldest Islamic inscription (24 AH/AD 644645), the rise of the Arabic script and the nature of the early Islamic state. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 19: 210237. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2008.00297.x Author Information
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Supreme Commission for Tourism, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia e-mail: ghabban@sct.gov.sa (mailto:ghabban@sct.gov.sa)

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Dept of Middle Eastern Studies, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9AJ, Scotland UK e-mail: rgh9@st-andrews.ac.uk (mailto:rgh9@st%E2%80%90andrews.ac.uk) Publication History 1. Issue published online: 13 OCT 2008 2. Article first published online: 13 OCT 2008 Abstract Article (/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0471.2008.00297.x/full) References (/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0471.2008.00297.x/references) Cited By (/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0471.2008.00297.x/citedby) View Full Article (HTML) (/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0471.2008.00297.x/full) Get PDF (1200K) (/doi/10.1111 /j.1600-0471.2008.00297.x/pdf)

Keywords:
Arabic inscriptions; Arabic script; Quran; rise of Islam; Umar I

This article provides an edition, translation and analysis of an inscription dated 24 AH (644 AD) discovered recently in north-west Saudi Arabia. It is an immensely important find, since it is our earliest dated Arabic inscription; it apparently contains a reference to the caliph Umar I and shows evidence of a fully-fledged system of diacritical marks. The latter aspect is of great significance for our understanding of the development of the Arabic script and of the writing down of Arabic texts, especially the Quran. The text is compared with others composed in the decades shortly before and after the rise of Islam. View Full Article (HTML) (/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0471.2008.00297.x/full) Get PDF (1200K) (/doi/10.1111 /j.1600-0471.2008.00297.x/pdf)

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