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Lot Essay
The main inscription reads: 'izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-zahir barquq a'azza allah nasrahu (Glory to our Lord, al- Sultan al-Zahir Barquq, may God glorify his victory).
In the roundel: al-sultan al-malik al-sultan/barquq 'azza nasrahu (The Sultan, the King, al-Sultan Barquq, may his victory be glorified).
Al-Malik al-Sultan Barquq al-Yalbughawi, Sayf al-Din had two reigns, 1382-1389 and 1390-1399 AD.
A number of wooden panels inscribed with the name and titles of Sultan Al-Malik al-Zahir Barquq, coming from the mosque he finished in 1386, are preserved in the Islamic Art Museum in Cairo (Jean David-Weill, Catalogue Général du Musée Arabe du Caire, bois à épigraphes depuis l'époque mamelouke II, Cairo, 1936, esp.nos.1622-1624, pls.IX and X). The calligraphy on the present lot is not quite as refined as those, and it is probable that it came from one of this monarch's less important foundations.
In the roundel: al-sultan al-malik al-sultan/barquq 'azza nasrahu (The Sultan, the King, al-Sultan Barquq, may his victory be glorified).
Al-Malik al-Sultan Barquq al-Yalbughawi, Sayf al-Din had two reigns, 1382-1389 and 1390-1399 AD.
A number of wooden panels inscribed with the name and titles of Sultan Al-Malik al-Zahir Barquq, coming from the mosque he finished in 1386, are preserved in the Islamic Art Museum in Cairo (Jean David-Weill, Catalogue Général du Musée Arabe du Caire, bois à épigraphes depuis l'époque mamelouke II, Cairo, 1936, esp.nos.1622-1624, pls.IX and X). The calligraphy on the present lot is not quite as refined as those, and it is probable that it came from one of this monarch's less important foundations.