Kashmir Hand Written Qur˒an Kashmir Valley 1800

Qur˒an from Kashmir Qur˒an, in Arabic.  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.  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.