Gold Plated Quran To Be On Display At Terengganu Museum

KUALA TERENGGANU (Malaysia), Jan 9 (Bernama) - A gold plated Quran will for the first time be on display at the Chinese Islamic Treasure Exhibition at Terengganu State Museum from Feb 14. Terengganu is an East Coast state in Peninsular Malaysia. Terengganu State Museum director Mohd Yusof Abdullah said the Muslim holy book are among many Islamic artifacts on show during the six month exhibition. "The 500 year-old Quran was from the Ming Dynasty," he told a press conference here Sunday. Yusof said the manufacturing history of the gold plated Quran began during the Ottoman empire using Naskhi script. It was then taken to East Turkestan by an Arab religious scholar during the Ming Dynasty. The Quran estimated to cost more than RM170million (US$1=RM3.16) by international artifact experts was then taken to Yunan, China. -- BERNAMA