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Lot Essay
The inscriptions on this textile are as follows:
In one of the large zig-zags, allah muhammad, 'God, Muhammad'
In the smaller zig-zags above this is the call on God to bless the Four Rightly-Guided Caliphs and the Companions, radi allah 'an abi bakr wa 'umar wa 'uthman wa 'ali wa 'an al-sahaba ajma'in, 'God Bless Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, 'Ali and all the Companions'.
In the larger zig-zags above this, the shahada
In the small zig-zags above the shahada, Qur'an XXXIII, sura al-ahzab, v.56.
Another considerably smaller panel from the same textile as our own is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. 39-1889). That panel was exhibited in the recent Hajj exhibition at the British Museum, (Hajj journey to the heart of Islam, exhibition catalogue, 2012, fig. 205, p. 262).
In one of the large zig-zags, allah muhammad, 'God, Muhammad'
In the smaller zig-zags above this is the call on God to bless the Four Rightly-Guided Caliphs and the Companions, radi allah 'an abi bakr wa 'umar wa 'uthman wa 'ali wa 'an al-sahaba ajma'in, 'God Bless Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, 'Ali and all the Companions'.
In the larger zig-zags above this, the shahada
In the small zig-zags above the shahada, Qur'an XXXIII, sura al-ahzab, v.56.
Another considerably smaller panel from the same textile as our own is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. 39-1889). That panel was exhibited in the recent Hajj exhibition at the British Museum, (Hajj journey to the heart of Islam, exhibition catalogue, 2012, fig. 205, p. 262).