Ikhshidid_tiraz_band,_939-940_CE.jpg
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Ikhshidid tiraz band, manufactured in Damietta, Egypt in A.H. 328 (939–40 CE) with names of two Abbasid caliphs, based in Baghdad.
The Arabic inscription in Kufic script reads: In the name of God [...] al-Muqtadir billah Commander of the Faithful, may God glorify him. Of what the vizier ordered [in] the private tiraz, year 312/924–925 CE. Kiswa (i.e., garment)." The inscription also contains the names of the caliph al-Radi billah and his vizier Fadl ibn Ja'far as well as the date A.H. 328 (939–40 CE) and the place of manufacture, Dimyat (Damietta, in Egypt). |
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| Source | The Metropolitan Museum of art |
| Author | The Metropolitan Museum of art |
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