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A CALLIGRAPHY PANEL BY MUHAMMAD MIRZA MAWARAYOF, TEMIR-KHAN-SHURA, DAGHESTAN, DATED 1332AH/1913-14AD

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A CALLIGRAPHY PANEL BY MUHAMMAD MIRZA MAWARAYOF, TEMIR-KHAN-SHURA, DAGHESTAN, DATED 1332AH/1913-14AD
Arabic manuscript on pink paper, the text ya mufattih al-awab iftah lina khayr al-bab in gold paired tughra form, with a blue-and-white bowl below, floral decoration surrounding, dated to bottom left, glazed and framed - 13 x 16in (33 x 40.6cm)
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Temir-Khan-Shira (Buynaksk at present) was the administrative capital of Daghestan before the Russian revolution. Muhammad Mirza Mawarayof was the founder and owner of the most significant Islamic printing press, al-Matba'a al-Islamiyya, in Daghestan at the end of the 19th and early 20th century

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