AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHER’S DIPLOMA (IJAZEH) ABDUL QADIR AL-SHUKRI, DATED 1821 AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHER’S DIPLOMA (IJAZEH) ABDUL QADIR AL-SHUKRI, DATED 1821

AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHER’S DIPLOMA (IJAZEH) ABDUL QADIR AL-SHUKRI, DATED 1821

Reference: ART3001676

Arabic manuscript on paper, 13 lines to the page in black nasckh script with one large thuluth script at the top, the top with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and panel on gold ground, various panels of rococo flowers, with blue outer margins. 45 by 26 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE The present ijazeh was given to Abdul Qadir Al-Shukri, and signed by the teachers Abd al-Rahman Helmi Mustafa Al-Fekri Muhammad Amin Al-Tawfiqi Ibrahim Al-Qadri Yusuf Al-Ridhay Mustafa Al Sururi Muhammad Al-Nuri Muhammad Shawqi Muhammad Al-Sakouti and Hasan Al-’Ashq.