Sufra

[1] However, the term also referred to a kind of bag in which a traveller would carry food: this traditionally comprised a circular piece of skin or cloth, with a drawstring running round the circumference.

[1] By extension, the word also came to mean a platter (of wood or metal) from which food could be served,[1] or even simply a dining table.

[2] Islamic tradition has it that the Prophet customarily ate from a sufra, with his right hand, while seated on the floor, and eating in this way has at times been seen as a good practice for Muslims.

[7] In Kazakhstan the sufra takes the form of a tablecloth on a low, round table, and is known as a dastarkhan,[5] and Pakistan dastarkhawn.

[8] In Ṣafawid Persia, around the seventeenth century CE, one of the official roles in the royal kitchen was the sufrači-bāshī, in charge of arranging the cloth sufra on the floor.