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A fragment of a grave cover with a Qur'anic layout
(قطعة من غطاء قبر مع تخطيط قرآني)

Title	A fragment of a grave cover with a Qur'anic layout
Title Original	قطعة من غطاء قبر مع تخطيط قرآني
Publication Date:	Eleventh century - beginning of the thirteenth century AH / seventeenth - eighteenth century AD
Publication Place	- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject	Silk, lambas
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القماش : الارتفاع : 97.2 سم ،العرض : 67.9 سمالحامل : الارتفاع : 106.8 سم ،العرض : 77.8 سم ،العمق : 3.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	32.100.460
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus23;18;ar
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	Eleventh century - beginning of the thirteenth century AH / seventeenth - eighteenth century AD
Notes	This rectangular silk cloth has the design of bands in the form of insignia of military ranks, which contain layout inscriptions (in thirds) with verses from the Qur’an containing a supplication to God and the phrase martyrdom or declaration of faith to the Muslim. This type of cloth covers important Ottoman graves and is reminiscent of the kiswa fabrics woven in similar designs but on a much larger scale, which were sent annually by the Ottoman Sultan to the Kaaba in Mecca.
Sample Text	“Fragment of a tomb lid with a Qur’anic design” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;18;ar

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A fragment of a grave cover with a Qur'anic layout

(قطعة من غطاء قبر مع تخطيط قرآني)

Publication Date Eleventh century - beginning of the thirteenth century AH / seventeenth - eighteenth century AD

Publication Place - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Silk, lambas

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القماش : الارتفاع : 97.2 سم ،العرض : 67.9 سمالحامل : الارتفاع : 106.8 سم ،العرض : 77.8 سم ،العمق : 3.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 32.100.460

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus23;18;ar

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date Eleventh century - beginning of the thirteenth century AH / seventeenth - eighteenth century AD

Notes This rectangular silk cloth has the design of bands in the form of insignia of military ranks, which contain layout inscriptions (in thirds) with verses from the Qur’an containing a supplication to God and the phrase martyrdom or declaration of faith to the Muslim. This type of cloth covers important Ottoman graves and is reminiscent of the kiswa fabrics woven in similar designs but on a much larger scale, which were sent annually by the Ottoman Sultan to the Kaaba in Mecca.

Sample Text “Fragment of a tomb lid with a Qur’anic design” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;18;ar