Dubai, April 2 -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz Public Library has revealed a 1,000-year-old manuscript titled "Gharib Al Quran", authored by the early scholar Abu Ubaidah Mamar Ibn Al Muthanna.

The manuscript, dating to the fourth century, consists of 23 folios measuring 17 by 22 cm, reports GulfNews.

It is written in clear Andalusian script, with the names of surahs inscribed in Kufic script, and remains an unpublished work in Quranic sciences.

The library said its collection includes a wide range of rare manuscripts on Quranic interpretation and linguistics, spanning several centuries.

Among them are works by Abu Ishaq Al Zajjaj and Ibn Qutaybah Al Dinawari, as well as parts of Tafsir al Tabari, copied in the sixth century. The arc...