AN OTTOMAN TALISMANIC CHART WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE QURAN, 20TH CENTURY

Cotton covered with text written in a variety of scripts and floral design, including thuluth, naskh and square Kufic scripts, in assorted colors, in numerous panels, roundels, cartouches and lines.
To the centre a large view of Mecca with Al-Masjid al-Haram, surrounded by double circles enclosing Dua'a al-Talbiyah in naskh script and v.1-v.5 from surah al-Mulk. Further flanked by two panels enclosing Kalimaat al-Tawhid in kufic script and Ayat al-Kursi in thuluth script on a ground decorated with beautiful names of Allah.
The inscriptions includes: Dua'a or prayer at first sight of Kaaba, prayer when hearing the Azaan, prayer about the sadness and the worries, prayer for drinking Zamzam water, Dua'a al-Tawaf, Dua'a when entering the prophet's grave. Alternating with squares of Quran verses, Kalimaat al-Tawhid, names of al-Rashidun in Kufic script. The outer border contains: surah Al-Insan,complete in blue thuluth script. With prayers in red.
112 by 93 cm.