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Marijn van Putten

Marijn van Putten
@PhDniX

May 5, 2024
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The modern forgery claiming to be a letter of the Prpophet Muhammad, now inexplicably preserved in a museum as a genuine item. There, fixed it for you.

Life in Saudi Arabia

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The letter Prophet Muhammad ﷺ sent to Heraclius of the Roman Empire is preserved at the museum in the King Hussain Mosque (Jordan).
I've addressed some of the obvious issues with these forgeries in this thread: x.com/PhDniX/status/
There are several letters of the prophet to several heads of state, which have been recorded in literary sources. There are some documents out there, which are said to be the actual letters mentioned in these sources Scholars rightly take these to be forgeries. Here's why:
Marijn van Putten
Historical Linguist; Working on Quranic Arabic and the linguistic history of Arabic and Tamazight. Game designer @team18k
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