The copy of the Quran is traditionally considered to be one of a group commissioned by the third caliph Uthman however, this attribution has been questioned. However, one of the folios from another manuscript (held in the Religious Administration of Muslims in Tashkent) was dated to between 595 and 855 A.D.
Radio-carbon dating showed a 95.4% probability of a date between 775 and 995. The Uthman Quran, Sura 7 (Ala'araf), verses 86 and 87īased on orthographic and palaeographic studies, the manuscript probably dates from the 8th or 9th century.
