By the seventh century, in Islamic nations miniature Korans had been created to make it easier for nomadic peoples and soldiers on foreign campaigns to read the scriptures. Miniature books detailing family genealogies were also passed down from generation to generation.
回教國家在 7 世紀時，為方便遊牧民族和在海外征戰的士兵隨身攜帶、誦念經文，已有《可蘭經》微小書；除宗教經書外，「族譜」也常被做成微小書，代代相傳。