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| Keywords: Egyptian - Fragment of a Tiraz - Walters 83543.jpg This fragment of a garment was woven in an official factory and decorated with an Arabic inscription Such honorific inscriptions on textiles are called tiraz in Arabic and taraziden in Persian They combine pious invocations to God verses from the Qur'an and sometimes names of caliphs On this example appears the phrase of Allah and favor and glory to the servant of Allah a formula used to introduce the name of a caliph a ruler of the Abbasid dynasty early Other date century 10 linen silk embroidery cm 12 6 12 4 0 1 accession number 83 543 29258 Maurice Nahman Cairo and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 Translation of Allah and favor and glory to the servant of Allah place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Textiles in the Walters Art Museum Abbasid art Islamic calligraphy Tiraz Textile factories in Egypt Ancient Egyptian linen | ||||
