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Date: signed by Ayyub
Location: China
Materials: ink, watercolours and gold on paper
Dimensions: 402 x 27cm
Accession Number: MSS 1270
Other Notes: The text consists of Qur’anic verses, short prayers and invocations, and numerous reprtitions of the basmalah and the shahadah , the latter arranged into decorative shapes such as vases, flowers, a pagoda and the bifurcated sword, dhu’l-fiqar . In addition, there are depictions of the Masjid al-Haram at Mecca and the Prophet’s mosque at Medina, and the last panel encloses the hilyah of the Prophet Muhammad.
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