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This certificate affirms that a certain Muhammad bin '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 maghrebi with several words highlighted in gold, with a line of signatures and two stamped seals on the lower edge as well as further notes in the lower margin, set within polychrome margins of scrolling floral vine with fleur-de-lys set inside double-ruled borders, small areas of loss to edges of the vellum
32¼ x 22¾in. (82 x 57.8cm.) at largest
ANDALUSIA, DATED THE BEGINNING OF RABI' I AH 1029/FEBRUARY 1620 AD
Arabic manuscript on vellum, with 44ll. of polychrome maghrebi with several words highlighted in gold, with a line of signatures and two stamped seals on the lower edge as well as further notes in the lower margin, set within polychrome margins of scrolling floral vine with fleur-de-lys set inside double-ruled borders, small areas of loss to edges of the vellum
32¼ x 22¾in. (82 x 57.8cm.) at largest
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