The ceremony of passing camels beneath the Quran, Jumrud, Afghanistan, 1879

"Camels passing beneath the Koran at Jamrood, Afghanistan", 1879. From "Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine".

Caption: "This sketch depicts a curious ceremony gone through every Thursday evening, the Mussulman's Saturday night, by the camel-drivers of the camp at Jumrood. When the camels come back from grazing they are driven under the Koran, which is folded in a turban, and held up suspended between two lances. This is supposed to protect them from sickness and other evils. The drivers are most particular in seeing that no camel strays or otherwise avoids passing under the book." 

Koran = Quran 

Jamrood = Jamrud of Khyber district of KPK 

Thursday's evening = Shab-i-juma "شب جمعہ"