Researchers at the UK's University of Birmingham say they have found the world's oldest manuscript of the Quran.

The fragments of the Muslim holy book are believed to date back to nearly 1,400 years.

According to a radiocarbon analysis carried out by the University of Oxford, the parchment on which the text is written dates back to the period between 568CE and 645CE, close to the time of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

Some experts believe it was quite possible that the person who had written the pages of holy book would have been alive at the time of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)."The person who actually wrote it could well have known the Prophet Muhammad. He would have seen him probably, he would maybe have heard him preach.

He may have known him personally - and that really is quite a thought to conjure with," David Thomas, the Birmingham University's professor of Christianity and Islam was quoted as saying by the British media.
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