Made in Arabic
sash
الشّاش
A piece of fine linen from Iraq, embroidered in silk with the name of the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir and a note that it was made in the royal workshop in the year 320 (932–33). Caliphs presented such inscribed cloth to officials of the state. Arabic šāš is a fine cotton cloth, muslin; English took it as sash, the band worn about the waist or over the shoulder.
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- a tiraz linen inscribed with the name of the caliph al-Muqtadir, Iraq, 932–33
- Written on it in Arabic
- Embroidered: «… Allah. Jaʿfar, the Imam al-Muqtadir billah, Commander of the Faithful, may Allah prolong his days … of what was made in the factory in the year three hundred and twenty».
The path between languagesšāš → sash
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ملكٌ عامّ
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