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Lot Essay
The text here includes a saying in Arabic, a line from a qasida of the pre-Islamic poet al-Shanfara, and a conversation between Buran, the daughter of the Vizier al-Hasan ibn Sahl, and the Caliph al-Ma'mun.
This panel bears the possibly added signature of Ahmad bin al-Suhrawardi. Recognised as one of the sitta, Suhrawardi is probably Yaqut's most famous pupil. Though little is recorded of his life, he is known to have belonged the Suhrawardiyya, an important Sufi order founded by his great-grandfather. He spent most of his life in Baghdad, and according to Qadi Ahmad, designed most of the texts inscribed on buildings there. Works on paper by him are dated between AH 701-732/1301-1332 AD (Sheila Blair, Islamic Calligraphy, Edinburgh, 2008, p.249). Were this signature to be believed therefore, this would be amongst his earliest recorded works.
This panel bears the possibly added signature of Ahmad bin al-Suhrawardi. Recognised as one of the sitta, Suhrawardi is probably Yaqut's most famous pupil. Though little is recorded of his life, he is known to have belonged the Suhrawardiyya, an important Sufi order founded by his great-grandfather. He spent most of his life in Baghdad, and according to Qadi Ahmad, designed most of the texts inscribed on buildings there. Works on paper by him are dated between AH 701-732/1301-1332 AD (Sheila Blair, Islamic Calligraphy, Edinburgh, 2008, p.249). Were this signature to be believed therefore, this would be amongst his earliest recorded works.