File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art cal 0448.jpg

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Abdülmecid I: Calligraphic Panel  wikidata:Q107663461 reasonator:Q107663461
Artist
Abdülmecid I  (1823–1861) wikidata:Q174772 s:en:Author:Abd-ul-Mejid I
 
Abdülmecid I
Description Ottoman ruler
Date of birth/death 25 April 1823 Edit this at Wikidata 25 June 1861 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Istanbul Istanbul
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Title
Calligraphic Panel
label QS:Len,"Calligraphic Panel"
label QS:Lar,"لوحة مخطوطة"
Object type calligraphic work Edit this at Wikidata
Description
العربية: تخطيطٌ من سورة يُوسُف بِيد السُلطان العُثماني عبد المجيد الأوَّل.
English: The composition, from surah Yusuf (XII), verse 64, is signed 'Abd al-Majid ibn Mahmud Khan, that is Sultan Abdulmajid I (Abdülmecid I; r. 1839—1861).
Date mid-19th century
Medium gold and silver on paper coated deep brick-red
Dimensions height: 40.8 cm (16 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 95.5 cm (37.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+40.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+95.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
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Place of creation Ottoman Turkey
Inscriptions
  • فَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَٰفِظًا ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ Edit this at Wikidata
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-calligraphic-panel-cal448/ (EnglishEdit this at Wikidata

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Description Calligraphic Panel
Source Khalili Collections
Author Khalili Collections

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