Copying the Qur’an in Djelfa region during the nineteenth century: A reading in a manuscript exchanged letter between the teachers of Qur’an in Zawaya of Djelfa

Abstract

This research paper presents an aspect of scientific life of some teachers of Djelfa region Zawaya in the middle of the 19^th century, especially with regard to teaching and copying the Holy Qur’an. For this reason, this paper will address the study of an exchanged letter between the two brothers ,Ahmed and Adam from Ibn Dalmaja family, and Sheikh Muhammad bin Tahar Al-Motaghanemi, who originally, taught the Qu’ran at the Sheikh Ibn Ayyash Zaouia in Messaad region,whose subject was answers to some objections and errors found in one of Qur’an copies by brothers Ahmed and Adam.