A manuscript leaf from a Qur'an originating in India dating C1750, containing a pair of marginal Juz and a Chapter heading in naskh script (red ink). The leaf contains the final verses of the Meccan Chapter 74, Al-Muddaththir (The One Covered Up), which is an account of the Prophet's first encounter with the Angel Gabriel in a cave on the outskirts of Mecca, after which he rushed home to cover himself up; and the header and first 8 verses of Chapter 75, Al-Qiyamah (The Rising for Judgement) which refutes the pagans for denying the resurrection and judgement. The scripture is plain naskh, black ink. Simple gold round aya mark the verses. A pair of gold medallion 'Juz' with a large north finial and a short south finial mark the 55th verse of Chapter 74 and the heading of Chapter 75. A single wormhole is shown & marked in Fig 1g, but otherwise the manuscript is clean and in good condition. Please note that shipping costs are not solely the cost of the postal delivery service itself. Included within the shipping price is the work undertaken to prepare the article, for photography, for uploading to Catawiki, for preparation and packaging the article securely and for transporting the article to the postal delivery agent for processing. Also, please consider when bidding on this lot that this artwork is shipped from the UK. Import duties will now have to be paid by the recipient to the Postal Service when the parcel arrives in your country. This will likely vary between 5% and 20% of the sale price depending on your country's Import Rate, so please check this if you are concerned. This is a Tax collected on behalf of your Government and is not an additional fee charged by us.