A YOUNG MAN'S TALISMANIC SHIRT, INDIA,17TH CENTURY

A cotton shirt (jama) covered with text written in naskh scripts, with extracts from the Quran, prayers and talismanic letters, divided into sections, including borders with calligraphy. Arabic inscriptions and medallions containing Talismanic numbers and letters, arranged in numerous panels, roundels, cartouches. To the centre of the front side and the reverse roundels enclosing Talismanic numbers, ruled in a border with large du'a called" Fath Al-Konoz Wa Sir Al-Asrar attributed to Imam Ali with different Quran verse like, Al-Fatiha. surah Yasin and others. 71 by 150 cm.