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IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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A QAJAR TALISMANIC BAZUBAND
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising five panels of rock crystal, carnelian and hardstone, each engraved with tiny lines of naskh or nasta'liq and set in a hinged silver mount with cusped edges and backs boldly engraved in nasta'liq surrounded by flowers, palmette shaped attachment loops to either end
Overall 6½in. (16.6cm.)
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising five panels of rock crystal, carnelian and hardstone, each engraved with tiny lines of naskh or nasta'liq and set in a hinged silver mount with cusped edges and backs boldly engraved in nasta'liq surrounded by flowers, palmette shaped attachment loops to either end
Overall 6½in. (16.6cm.)
Engraved
On the stones, from right to left,
1. Qur'an CXIII, sura al-falaq
2. Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, v.255 surrounded by the names of Allah, Muhammad, 'Ali, Fatima, Hassan and Husayn
3. Call on God to bless the 14 innocents
4. Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, v.255 surrounded by calls to attributes of God
5. Qur'an CXIV, sura al-nas
On the back, from left to right,
1. Calls to God and various attributes
2. Calls to God and various attributes
3. Al-mulk lillah, 'Dominion belongs to God'
4. Calls to God and various attributes
5. Calls to God and various attributes
1. Qur'an CXIII, sura al-falaq
2. Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, v.255 surrounded by the names of Allah, Muhammad, 'Ali, Fatima, Hassan and Husayn
3. Call on God to bless the 14 innocents
4. Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, v.255 surrounded by calls to attributes of God
5. Qur'an CXIV, sura al-nas
On the back, from left to right,
1. Calls to God and various attributes
2. Calls to God and various attributes
3. Al-mulk lillah, 'Dominion belongs to God'
4. Calls to God and various attributes
5. Calls to God and various attributes
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