Title: Curtain for the Door of the Main Minaret at the Prophet’s Mosque
Date: period of Mahmud II, 1808–1839
Location: probably Istanbul
Materials: black silk, with coloured silk appliqués, embroidered in silver and silver-gilt wire over cotton thread padding
Dimensions: 250 x 155cm
Accession Number: TXT 256
Other Notes:
The curtain, or sitarah, is identified within the wreath at the top as being for bab al-manarah al-ra’isiyyah, that is the door to the main minaret at the Prophet’s mosque. Below this is the signature cartouche of Sultan Mahmud II, ‘written by the Warrior for the Faith (al-Ghazi) Mahmud ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid Khan’. This signature cartouche appears often on sitarahs presented by him to the Prophet’s mosque.
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