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Dedicatory Inscription from a Mosque

dated 905 AH/1500 CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 450
This dedicatory inscription in "tughra" script, dated A.H. 905/A.D. 1500, is from a mosque in western Bengal built for Prince Daniyal, a son of Sultan Husayn Shah. The inscription is an outstanding example of Indo-Muslim epigraphy: the regular pattern in which the vertical letters are arranged and the skillfully inserted, bowlike words that structure the pattern are typical of Muslim calligraphy in medieval Bengal and later in the Deccan

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Object Information
  • Title: Dedicatory Inscription from a Mosque
  • Date: dated 905 AH/1500 CE
  • Geography: Made in India, Bengal
  • Medium: Gabbro; carved
  • Dimensions: H. 16 1/8 in. (41 cm)
    W. 45 5/16 in. (115.1 cm)
    D. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
    Wt. 194 lbs. (88 kg)
  • Classification: Stone
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Nelson Doubleday and Bequest of Charles R. Gerth, by exchange, 1981
  • Object Number: 1981.320
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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