Early Quranic manuscripts
The Topkapi manuscript is an early manuscript of the Quran dated to the early 8th century. This manuscript is kept in the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey. It was wrongly attributed to Uthman Ibn Affan (d. 656), but judging from its illumination, the Topkapi manuscript does not date from the period (mid 7th century) when the copies of the Caliph Uthman were written.
Topkapı Palace
The Neo-classical Enderûn Library ("Enderûn Kütüphanesi"), also known as "Library of Sultan Ahmed III" ("III. Ahmed Kütüphanesi"), is located directly behind the Audience Chamber ("Arz Odası") in the centre of the Third Court. It was built on the foundations of the earlier "Havuzlu" kiosk by the royal architect Mimar Beşir Ağa in 1719 on orders of Ahmed III for use by officials of the royal household. The colonnade of this earlier kiosk now probably stands in front of the present Treasury.