Page from a Qur'an

This Qur’an folio is inscribed on local paper cut in a rarely seen narrow and long format in order to fit an unusually large number of lines on each page. Penned in a pleasing, if not sophisticated, small naskh hand in black ink with the surah (chapter) heading in red, the folio contains the last nine verses of surah Al-Sajdah (The Prostration) and verses 1-63 of surah Al-Ahzaab (The Confederates). The three decorative markers on the right margin indicate the sajdah, or, when to prostrate during the recitation of the Qur’an, as well as the tenth section of the chapter.