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Oval bezel amulet with nasta’liq inscription
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 16th - 19th century
- Associated people
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Prophet Muhammad (c. AD 570 - 632) (named on object)'Ali ibn Abi Talib (ruled AD 656 - 661) (named on object)Fatima (AD 606 - 632) (named on object)Husain ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (AD 626 - 680) (named on object)Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (AD c. 625 - 669) (named on object)'Ali ibn al-Husayn (died AD 714) (named on object)Muhammad ibn 'Ali (died AD 733) (named on object)Ja'far ibn Muhammad (died AD 765) (named on object)Musa ibn Ja'far (died AD 799) (named on object)'Ali ibn Musa (AD 765 - 818) (named on object)Muhammad Jawad ibn 'Ali (died AD 835) (named on object)'Ali al-Hadi ibn Muhammad (died AD 868) (named on object)al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (died AD 874) (named on object)Muhammad al-Mahdi (occultation AD 940) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.05 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1008.92
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.22 on p. 58, pl. II.1.22
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Cornelian; bezel (but front face is very slightly rounded and the back face is slightly hollow), bevelled towards the front; oval; a little damaged. On rectangular ground, three lines (A 1-3). Around, in four segments, one line of script: above (B 1), on the left (B 2), beneath (B 3) and on the right (B 4). Cursive script; engraved.
A - (1) God, Muḥammad, `Alī, Fāṭima, Ḥasan الله محمد على فاطمه حسن
(2) Ḥusayn, `Alī, Muḥammad, Ja`far, Mūsā حسين على محمد جعفر موسى
(3) `Alī, Muḥammad, `Alī, Ḥasan, Muḥammad على محمد على حسن محمد
B - (1) Call upon `Alī, the manifestor of miracles. Thou shalt find him ناد عليا مظهر العجائب تجده
(2) a help unto thee in adversities. All عونا لك في النوائب كل
(3) care and grief shall vanish by thy prophecy, oh Muḥammad هم وغم سينجلى بنبوتك يا محمد
(4) by thy holiness, oh `Alī, oh `Alī, oh `Alī بولايتك يا على يا على يا على
There are some schematic branches and flowers spread over the ground. One line follows the shape of the gem.
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