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Single-sheet specimen in tawqī' signed by 'Abd Allah b. Mahmud al-Sayrafi, dated in Rabi'I, 714
Single-sheet specimen in tawqī' signed by 'Abd Allah b. Mahmud al-Sayrafi, dated in Rabi'I, 714
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'Abd Allah b. Mahmud al-Sayrafi
Il-Khanid
Calligrapher
1314
Dated in Rab'I 714 (15 June – 13 July 1314)
Calligraphy
Ink and paper
50.5 x 38.3 cm, folio
Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
H. 2310, fol. 88a
Calligraphy, PersianDecoration and ornament, IranianScript type
Unknown
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