The two oldest known (deed) documents are from the 9th century, while a third one dates from the early 10th century, all three within the Abbasid Period. The oldest dated goes back to 876 CE and concerns a multi-volume edition of the Qur'an currently held by the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum in Istanbul. A possibly older is a papyrus held by the Louvre Museum in Paris, with no written date but considered to be from the mid-9th century. The next oldest document is a marble tablet whose inscription bears the Islamic date equivalent to 913 CE and states the status of an inn, but is in itself not the original deed; it is held at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv.
The two oldest known (deed) documents are from the 9th century, while a third one dates from the early 10th century all three within the Abbasid Period. The oldest dated goes back to 876 CE and concerns a multi-volume edition of the Qur'an currently held by the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum in Istanbul. A possibly older is a papyrus held by the Louvre Museum in Paris, with no written date but considered to be from the mid-9th century. The next oldest document is a marble tablet whose inscription bears the Islamic date equivalent to 913 CE and states the status of an inn, but is in itself not the original deed; it is held at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv.