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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.578 includes a bequest (waqf) statement in the name of Sultan 'Uthman Khan III (reigned 1168-1171 AH/AD 1754-1757) that is signed by Ibrahim Hanif, inspector of awqaf. Seals, apparently of the Sultan and the inspector, are erased.
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Document identity
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82636
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Bequest Statement with Erased Seals
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Source metadata
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title
Bequest Statement with Erased Seals
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.578 includes a bequest (waqf) statement in the name of Sultan 'Uthman Khan III (reigned 1168-1171 AH/AD 1754-1757) that is signed by Ibrahim Hanif, inspector of awqaf. Seals, apparently of the Sultan and the inspector, are erased.
provenance
Sultan 'Uthman Khan III, son of Mustafa II (reigned 1168-1171 AH/AD 1754-1757) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [waqf entry in the name of the Sultan signed by Ibrahim Hanif, inspector of awqaf on fol. 2a and seals of the Sultan and the inspector erased]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
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cm
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31.5
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21.5
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H: 12 3/8 x W: 8 7/16 in. (31.5 x 21.5 cm)
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Islamic
med
ink and pigments on gold-sprinkled paper and tan tinted paper
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16852
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none
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1
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photo
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