About this Item
Title
- Levha
Created / Published
- 18th-19th centuries
Headings
- - Calligraphy, Arabic
- - Calligraphy, Persian
- - Calligraphy, Ottoman
- - Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
- - Turkey
- - Iran
- - Arabic script calligraphy
- - Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
- - Islamic calligraphy
- - Islamic manuscripts
- - Nasta'liq
Notes
- - Levha or a calligraphic panel with an Arabic saying written in black Nasta'liq script typical in Ottoman and Safavid eras.
- - Dimensions of Written Surface: 29.5 (w) x 19.5 (h) cm
- - This calligraphic panel includes an arabic saying written in black nasta'liq script on a brown background framed in blue and pink borders decorated with gold designs. The lower right and left corners of the panel are lost. The saying reads:
- - This particular prayer, which places complete trust in God, typically is recited by an individual as a pious invocation (du'a) to the Lord. Several mystical groups, such as the Naqshbandi Sufis (mystics), also recite this du'a in a repeated fashion during the prayer performed at daybreak (Salat al-fajr). Judging from the remaining strings attached at the top of this calligraphic panel, it probably had been suspended from a wall in a dervish lodge sometime during the 18th-19th centuries.
- - Ufawwitu amri ila Allah inna Allah bashara bi al-'ibad / I entrust my affair to God. Truly, God looks after His servants.
- - Script: nasta'liq
- - 1-04-713.15.3
Medium
- 1 volume ; 37 (w) x 27.8 (h) cm
Repository
- Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2019714515
Online Format
- image