Riqa' script

A multi-coloured text transcribed on a black background with gold flecks. This complicated text illustrates sayings in Arabic of the Amir of Yatib, Batha and Nahhaf, which relate to the words of the Prophet Mohammad. It should be read following the sequence of the colours.
Arabic; dated 1707/8; transcribed in Cairo.
Wellcome Islamic calligraphy 80. (Image no.L31261 or L18576)
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