This recitation of Surah ad-Duha is regarded as the oldest known audio recording of the Holy Qur'an.
It was arranged by the Dutch orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, who stayed in Makkah in 1885 and is reported to have used the Muslim name ʿAbd al-Ghaffar while there. He used Thomas Edison’s then newly invented phonograph wax cylinders to make the recording.
The reciter was a local Qa'ri from Makkah but his identity is not established.
Let's take this moment to remember our brother again... May Allah forgive and have mercy for him, may his teachings continue to be a sadaqatul jaariyah for him, and may Allah grant him Jannatul Firdaus.....