feoff document with tughra, property of the Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen, gold, covering watercolor, ink, paper, handwritten, hand-colored, gold, gouache and ink on paper, height: 180 cm; width: 68 cm, dated: 1150 H, 1737 A.D, 2nd quarter 18th century, Calligraphy, Ornaments, Arabic script, The most expressive secular form of Islamic calligraphy is the Ottoman sultanic document. It is crowned by the richly decorated, triangular hand sign of the sultan - the tughra. Here it is the name of Sultan Mahmud I (1730-1754). The lines are written closely with gold, black and red ink and end in high sweeps to prevent subsequent forgery. Letters of fiefdom richly decorated with ornamentation, such as this or other official documents, hung in official residences or private houses and served as a means of self-expression.
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