"Qur˒an from Kashmir Qur˒an, in Arabic. Northern India, Kashmir, ca. 1800. On paper. Qur˒ans were written by hand well into the nineteenth century, and many copies were produced about 1800, when Kashmir was still under Muslim rule. They differ from contemporary Turkish Qur˒ans, which usually provide a date and name of the scribe. The type of decoration found on this double-page sarlauḥ represents typical Kashmiri work of about 1800. This Qur˒an has been divided into sevenths (manzil), one to be read each day of the week, much like the Psalter. Here the double-page sarlauḥ marks the beginning of the fourth division, suras 17 (Bani Isrā-il or ""The Israelites"") to 25 (al-Furqān or ""The Criterion""). The script is naskh, the sura headings are in white, and gold dots follow verses."
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