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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription

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    • currently in research collection

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  • Islamic Seals and Talismans by Ludvik Kalus

    Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans

    Cornelian; bezel, bevelled towards the front (but only very slightly); rectangular with cut angles; frontal angle rounded, back angle cut. Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq), each underlined by the return of the loop of the final yā’.

    (1) Receive favourably, God, براور الهى
    (2) Muṣṭafā مصطفى

    There is a number of short oblong strokes spread over the ground.

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