Largest printed Qur'an / Quran / Koran

The largest printed Koran measures 2 m (6 ft 6.74 in) high, 1.52 m (4 ft 11.84 in) wide and 0.17 m (6.69 in) thick. The original Medina Koran, created by ARC Group s.r.l. (Italy) under the guidance of Nedjan Brataševec (Slovenia), Andrej Cernatič (Slovenia) and Mauro Loce (Italy), was presented by the Republican Foundation for the Revival of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russia) to the Kul-Sharif mosque, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, on 17 November 2011.

The Koran contains 632 pages and weighs 552.74 kg (1,218 lb). The trimmed pages measure 1.45 m x 1.97 m (4 ft 9 in x 6 ft 5 in). The book block (thickness excluding the cover) is 9 cm (3.54 in) and the maximum width (when fully opened) is 3.16 m (10 ft 4.41 in). The Koran, reported to have cost in excess of €1.5 million (£1.25 million; US$1.9 million), is leather-bound and has a slate of malachite embedded on the front cover, a 14-cm turquoise stone (5.5-in) applied in its centre and gilded silver and golden decorations spread across over 113 precious and semi-precious stones. The Koran was printed by Deaprinting Officine Grafiche, Novara, Italy and subsequently proofread by the Mufti of the Slovenian Muslim Community in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It took 11 months and 30 specialist to complete. From May 2012, it will be housed at the exhibition named “Commemorative Symbol in Honor of Freewill Adoption of Islam by the Volgian Bulghars in 922” of the Bolgar State Historical and Architectural Open-air Museum, Bolgar, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.