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  • Number 923AH

  • Material Silk

  • Style Prayer Rug

  • Type Anatolian

  • Origin Anatolian

  • Size 128 x 181

  • Age 1875

Story

ุจุณู… ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุฑุญู…ู† ุงู„ุฑุญูŠู…
ู†ุตุฑูŒ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูˆ ูุชุญูŒ ู‚ุฑูŠุจ
ุตุฏู‚ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุนุธูŠู…

๐˜ผ๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™จ๐™๐™ž ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™›๐™ž ๐™Š๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง
๐™’๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™–
๐™‹๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ
๐™“๐™„๐™“ ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฎ

The Bektashis were the most widespread, influential and powerful of the Sufi brotherhoods that permeated the Ottoman Empire. They are known for their popularity among the military elite and especially in the fearsome, ferocious Janissary Corps of the Ottoman Army. The choice of this particular Aya ุขูŠุฉ from the Holy #Quran (ุณูˆุฑุฉ ุงู„ุตู Surah 61, verse 13) corroborates this.

The carpet consists essentially of a lengthy calligraphy scroll on multiple rows, with evident veneration of the Holy Names of Allah ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฌู„ู‘ ุฌู„ุงู„ู‡ and the Prophet Muhammad in particular. Further symbolic motifs attest to Bektashi provenance, such as the recurrence of ู‡ูˆ โ€œHeโ€ referring to the Almighty and the geometric shapes.

It miraculously survives intact as a very vibrant masterpiece of Islamic Art and as an emblem of pure luxury in pure silk. The quality of weave is reflected in the lovingly braided fringes and end kilims.

The purplish tone and dichromatic ornament (brick red and golden beige) for the calligraphy and ornament are eye catching. My favourite element is how the religious verse in the central row is framed by a band of crescent ๐ŸŒ™ and star โญ shapes. The ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ช๐™ก๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ script is gorgeous.

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