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Textile fragment with tiraz band

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    • Lower ground floor | Room 5 | Textiles

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  • The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries

    A tiraz fragment with an inscription that reads "al-imam al-Muqtadir billah amir al-mu'minin a'azahu allah mima 'amara al-wazir Hamid ibn al-'Abbas sanat thulthmi'at" (the Imam al-Muqtadir billah, commander of the faithful, may God glorify him. Among the things ordered by the vazir Hamid ibn al-'Abbas in the year 300/913 AD).

    The inscription dates the textile to 913 A.D.; Egypt.

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