Title: Gateway Arch
Date: dated 1089 AH (1678–9 AD)
Location: India
Materials: 8 sections of black basalt, carved in relief; traces of white and blue pigments in crevices
Dimensions: 400 x 250cm
Accession Number: MXD 293
Script:
The arch is engraved in an accomplished overlapping thulth with Qur’an, Surat al-Baqarah, verses 142–5, which refer to the Masjid al-Haram and the qiblah, and concludes, ‘it was written by Hasan ‘Ali. It was written in the year 1089’.
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