AN OTTOMAN METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED MAQAM IBRAHIM, EGYPT, DATED 1327 AH/ 1909 AD

The lower cubic section surmounted by canopy in the form of a pyramid, of red, green and black silk profusely embroidered with silver and gilt-silver thread to each side. The black silk ground applied in silver-thread with several calligraphic panels of elegant naskh inscriptions against a dense floral ground, columns in the lower section. The border with a band of interlocking palmette motifs.

Inscriptions of the pyramid section: To each side a panel enclosing inscription embroidered in gilt wires on a green ground in naskh script of v.125 from surah al-Baqraa. To each side a cartouche containing two lines of thuluth script, embroiderd in silver wires on a gilt wires ground of v.260 from surah al-Baqraa. Under a cartouche enclosing to each side a line of large thuluth script in silver wires on a red ground of v. 97-v.96 from surah Al-Imraan. Futher stylized with a dense silver a gilt wires floral scrolls.

Inscriptions of the cubic section: A cartouche enclosing four lines of v.84 from surah al-Israa, embroidered in gilt wires in naskh script, between two Mihraab columns. under two roundels containing large script of '' Allah and Muhammed''. A cartouche enclosing '' This Honorable Burda was made by the order of Mawlana the Sultan Muhammed V Khan Ibn the Sultan Abdulmejid Khan Ibn the sultan Mahmud Khan Ibn the sultan Abdulhamid Khan'', under two roundels containing large script of '' Abu Bakr and Umar''. A cartouche enclosing four lines of v.127 from surah al-Baqraa, embroidered in gilt wires in naskh script, between two Mihraab columns. under two roundels containing large script of '' Uthman and Ali''. A cartouche enclosing '' This Honorable Burda was renewed by the order of Mawlana Abbas II Khedive of Egypt and dated 1327AH/ 1909AD''. , under two roundels containing large script of '' the imams Hasan and Hussain''

132 by132 cm Height: 225 cm