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Monthly Archives: April 2020

Objects, Sources

Pen-box for sultan Sha’bān I (Paris)

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Conserved at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. Continue reading Pen-box for sultan Sha’bān I (Paris) →

EarlyEpigraphicMetalwareSultan
Sultans

Sha’bān I (746/1345-747/1346)

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Here is a list of objects and monuments displaying the emblem of sultan Sha’bān I.

  • A pen-box at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris
Sultan
Objects, Sources

Bowl for Asandamur al-Kurjī

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Conserved in 1952 in the Harari collection, present location unknown. Continue reading Bowl for Asandamur al-Kurjī →

BowlEarlyMetalwareSwordUnique field
Objects, Sources

Bowl for Sunqur al-Ā’sar

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Conserved at the Benaki Museum, Athens. Continue reading Bowl for Sunqur al-Ā’sar →

BowlCrescentEarlyMetalwareUnique field
Emirs

Sunqur al-Ā’sar (d. 709/1309)

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Emblem description : A crescent on a unique field

Known emblem:

  • A bowl

Bibliography: Rice D. S., “Studies in Islamic Metal Work”, BSOAS, vol 14, n°3, 1952, p. 565-566

EmirShadd al-dawawin
Objects, Sources

Bowl for Fāṭima, wife of sultan Qāytbāy

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Conserved in 1952 in the Harari collection, present location unknown. Continue reading Bowl for Fāṭima, wife of sultan Qāytbāy →

BowlLateMetalwareQaytbay type
Monuments, Sources

Krak des Chevaliers (Syria)

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Located in Western Syria, close to the Lebanese border. Continue reading Krak des Chevaliers (Syria) →

EarlyLionSultan
Emirs

Sanjar al-Jāwlī (653/1255-745/1345)

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Emblem description: Identical with the emblem of Salār OR Blank upper and lower fields, central field with a crescent

Known emblem:

  • A passage of the A’yān: وكان الجاولي ينتمي الى سلار ويحمل رنك
  • Possibly the Castle of the Governor (Gaza)

Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 197-199

EmirShadd al-dawawin
Monuments, Sources

Slab of marble (Hama)

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Located in the 1930’s at a public fountain in the main bazaar, Hama. Continue reading Slab of marble (Hama) →

CentralCupFountainHamaScimitar
Monuments, Sources

Maqām of Timrāz al-Mu’ayyadī (Jaffa)

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Located in Nabi Rubin, near Jaffa. Continue reading Maqām of Timrāz al-Mu’ayyadī (Jaffa) →

BuqjaCentralCup
Monuments, Sources

East door of the main mosque (Damascus)

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Conserved in the 1930’s at the National Museum, Damascus. Continue reading East door of the main mosque (Damascus) →

CentralCupDamascusMosqueSultan
Monuments, Sources

Foundation text with the name of Salmā (Cairo)

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Belonging to a public fountain that was embedded in the wall of the Turkumani Mosque, Cairo. Continue reading Foundation text with the name of Salmā (Cairo) →

CairoEarlyFountainMosqueTamga
Monuments, Sources

Mausoleum of Kujkun (Damascus)

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Located in the 1930’s at the 55 Shari’ al-Sikkeh, Damascus. Continue reading Mausoleum of Kujkun (Damascus) →

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Objects, Sources

Qur’ān pulpit for Khalīl

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Conserved in the 1930’s in the main mosque, Qūṣ. Continue reading Qur’ān pulpit for Khalīl →

EarlyMisc.QabaqWood
Objects, Sources

Tray for Jānībak

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Present location unknown. Continue reading Tray for Jānībak →

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