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This certificate affirms that a certain Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Sharif al-Hassani, originally from Urjiva (Orgiva) in Andalusia is a Sayyid (decendant of the Prophet).
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ANDALUSIA, DATED THE BEGINNING OF RABI' I AH 1029/FEBRUARY 1620 AD
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A TESTAMENT OF LINEAGE GOING BACK TO THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
ANDALUSIA, DATED THE BEGINNING OF RABI' I AH 1029/FEBRUARY 1620 AD
Arabic manuscript on vellum with 44ll. of polychrome naskh with several words highlighted in gold, with a line of signatures and two stamped seals on the lower end as well as further notes in naskh along the lower margin, set within polychrome margins with scrolling floral vines with fleur-de-lys set inside double-ruled borders, small areas of loss to margins of the vellum
32¼ x 22¾in. (82 x 57.8cm.) at maximum
ANDALUSIA, DATED THE BEGINNING OF RABI' I AH 1029/FEBRUARY 1620 AD
Arabic manuscript on vellum with 44ll. of polychrome naskh with several words highlighted in gold, with a line of signatures and two stamped seals on the lower end as well as further notes in naskh along the lower margin, set within polychrome margins with scrolling floral vines with fleur-de-lys set inside double-ruled borders, small areas of loss to margins of the vellum
32¼ x 22¾in. (82 x 57.8cm.) at maximum
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