textile
Details
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Date
AD 912 - 913 (AH 300) -
Object type
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No. of items
1
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1988.44
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Catalogue text
A tiraz fragment with an inscription that reads "al-imam al-Muqtadir billah amir al-mu'minin a'azahu allah mima 'amara al-wazir Hamid ibn al-'Abbas sanat thulthmi'at" (the Imam al-Muqtadir billah, commander of the faithful, may God glorify him. Among the things ordered by the vazir Hamid ibn al-'Abbas in the year 300/913 AD).
The inscription dates the textile to 913 A.D.; Egypt.In: Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, vol. iii, vol. i
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