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| Keywords: Arabic prayer - Thuluth script.jpg en Dimensions of Written Surface 12 6 w x 4 7 h cm Script thuluth This calligraphic panel includes a single line of Arabic text executed in black thuluth script A simple prayer towards God it reads Yakad yumasikuhu 'irfan rahatihi rukn al-hatim / The grasping of God al-hatim brings the knowledge of His comfort The line of text is executed on beige paper and outlined in a cloud band on a gold background It also is provided with a number of colored frames and is pasted to a larger sheet of orange paper backed by cardboard The lower left corner of the line of text contains a square seal impression with the barely legible names 'abduhu his servant Muhsin or Muhyi al-Musavi and the date 1154/1741-2 Above the line of text and in the center of the green frame appears a minute a posteriori inscription which reads khatt-i marhum 'Ala' al-Din Tabrizi shahir bi-Mawlana 'Alabeg ast the handwriting of the deceased 'Ala' al-Din Tabrizi who is known as Mawlana 'Alabeg 'Ala al-Din Tabrizi was a calligrapher active during the reign of the Safavid ruler Shah Tahmasp r 1524-76 for whom he executed royal decrees firmans He executed a number of inscriptions placed on buildings in the cities Tabriz Karbalah and Qazvin Safwat 1996 84-88 and cat no 43 and 134-5 cat no 65; Huart 1972 103; and Qadi Ahmad 1959 79 Although the later inscription attributes the specimen to 'Ala' al-Din it is unclear whether this Arabic prayer indeed was written by the great Safavid master calligrapher http //hdl loc gov/loc amed/ascs 229 Library of Congress Calligrapher 'Ala' al-Din Tabrizi Although the later inscription attributes the specimen to 'Ala' al-Din it is unclear whether this Arabic prayer indeed was written by the great Safavid master calligrapher century 16 PD-Art Thuluth style Library of Congress Arabic Persian and Ottoman calligraphy collection Safavid art Cloud bands | ||||
