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A kalimkari banner
printed and painted with calligraphic inscriptions, 19th century--260cm x 40cm

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The inscription shows three partial lines from the fifth verse of the elegy to Immam Hussain, relating to his martyrdom in Kerbala by the Poet Kamal ud Din Mohtashem Kashani (1485-1576), court poet to Shah Tahmasp.

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