المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
890
مكان النشر
Egypt (made) -
الموضوع
Africa Textiles Archaeology Death
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Width: 90mm, Length: 165mm, Script height: 10mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
257-1889
رقم السجل
257-1889
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
890
ملاحظات
This is a fragment of glazed linen with an inscription embroidered in red silk. The linen is plain/tabby weave in undyed linen; approx. 19x15 tpc, S-spun. Embroidered band: Z-spun with stem or running stitch with some small horizontal stitches between upright straight stitches. In the Abbasid period (AD750-1258) fabrics, called tiraz, were made in present day Iraq and Egypt. Text from the Koran was embroidered across the fabric with a line of geometric shapes above that were probably for decoration. The word came to mean honorific robes with woven or embroidered inscriptions. Text might also include information such as the name of the reigning caliph, place of production and date. This piece is from the Tulunid period (AD868-905). The letters are in an angular script called kufic. The form of embroidery here differs from that seen in Iraq or Iran (continuous chain stitch). The chief interest of this inscription lies in its early date (inscriptions of that date being rather rare), on account of which the absence of the usual wa (âandâ) between the numbers and the spelling miâatayn deserves attention. One might also note that the year mentioned is that if the reconciliation of Khumarawayh , prince of Egypt, with his suzerian al-Muâtadid, after the house if Tulun, to which the former belonged, had withheld allegiance from the Abbasids for some twenty-five years. Ab al-âAbbas Ahmad al-Muâtadid billah ibn al Muwaffaq was the sixteenth Abbasid caliph and resigned at Baghdad from 892/279 until his death in 902/289. During his reign Egypt was still in the hands of the Tulunid dynasty, the first ruler of which, the celebrated Ahmad ibn Tulun, had a few years previously thrown off almost entirely his allegiance to the Abbasids, at most recognising in them a vague nominal supremacy. In 895/282 al- Muâtadid married the daughter of Khumarawayh, the son of Ahmad ibn Tulun, who had succeeded his father as ruler of Egypt. By this means a reconciliation was effected between suzerain and vassal whose houses had formerly been estranged. Khumarawayhâs daughter Qatr al-Nada (Dewdrop) went in great state to Baghdad and was there married to al-Muâtadid in June 895/Rabiâ II 282. The wedding is famous in Islamic history for the vast amounts of money spent on her dowry and on entertainment (in Egypt) by her father. The date 895/282 is therefore a significant one when coupled with the name of al-Muâtadid and on material coming from Egypt.
نص عينة
ââ¦Allah aba al-âAbbas al-Muâtadid bi-llah amir al-muâ minin anjazah Allah ma amara bi-fasl sanat ithnayn thamanin miâataynâ Translation 'â¦Allah, Abu al'Abbas al-Mu'tadid bi-lla,Commander of the faithful. May God fulfil for him that which he commands. In the season of the year 282' Note 1) Decoration 2) Makers's mark; Arabic; Centre; embroidered; silk thread
İlişki
Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Embroidered silk on woven linen Linen Silk Weaving Embroidery Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama
This is a fragment of glazed linen with an inscription embroidered in red silk. The linen is plain/tabby weave in undyed linen; approx. 19x15 tpc, S-spun. Embroidered band: Z-spun with stem or running stitch with some small horizontal stitches between upright straight stitches. It is stained. This piece is from the Tulunid period (AD868-905). The letters are in an angular script called kufic. The form of embroidery here differs from that seen in Iraq or Iran (continuous chain stitch).
