AN OTTOMAN METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED MAQAM IBRAHIM, EGYPT, DATED 1327 AH/ 1909 AD

The lower cubic section surmounted by canopy in the form of a pyramid, of red, green and black silk profusely embroidered with silver and gilt-silver thread to each side. The black silk ground applied in silver-thread with several calligraphic panels of elegant naskh inscriptions against a dense floral ground, columns in the lower section. The border with a band of interlocking palmette motifs.Inscriptions of the pyramid section: To each side a panel enclosing inscription embroidered in gilt wires on a green ground in naskh script of v.125 from surah al-Baqraa.To each side a cartouche containing two lines of thuluth script, embroiderd in silver wires on a gilt wires ground of v.260 from surah al-Baqraa. Under a cartouche enclosing to each side a line of large thuluth script in silver wires on a red ground of v. 97-v.96 from surah Al-Imraan. Futher stylized with a dense silver a gilt wires floral scrolls. Inscriptions of the cubic section: A cartouche enclosing four lines of v.84 from surah al-Israa, embroidered in gilt wires in naskh script, between two Mihraab columns. under two roundels containing large script of '' Allah and Muhammed''.A cartouche enclosing '' This Honorable Burda was made by the order of Mawlana the Sultan Muhammed V Khan Ibn the Sultan Abdulmejid Khan Ibn the sultan Mahmud Khan Ibn the sultan Abdulhamid Khan'', under two roundels containing large script of '' Abu Bakr and Umar''. A cartouche enclosing four lines of v.127 from surah al-Baqraa, embroidered in gilt wires in naskh script, between two Mihraab columns. under two roundels containing large script of '' Uthman and Ali''.A cartouche enclosing '' This Honorable Burda was renewed by the order of Mawlana Abbas II Khedive of Egypt and dated 1327AH/ 1909AD''. , under two roundels containing large script of '' the imams Hasan and Hussain''132 by132 cmHeight: 225 cm