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Qur˒an from Kashmir

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Qur˒an from Kashmir

Qur˒an, in Arabic

Northern India, Kashmir
ca. 1800
On paper
185 x 100 mm


MS G.69, fols. 235v–236r
Item description: 

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.

Exhibition section: 

The Qur˒an, the Holy Book of Islam

