SIGNED HALIM, PROBABLY TURKEY, DATED AH 1361/1942-43 AD

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A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION (LEVHA)
SIGNED HALIM, PROBABLY TURKEY, DATED AH 1361/1942-43 AD
Gold ink on black card, the text in jali thuluth script, signed in the lower left hand corner, dated along the bottom, some scuffing
22½ x 32½in. (57 x 83cm.)

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Lot Essay

The text reads ya hadrat Bilal Habashi radiya Allah 'anhu (O Bilal Habashi may God be satisfied with him). Bilal Habashi was one of the companions of the Prophet and is considered to be the first muezzin of Islam.

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