Object number
4801.1.2
Title
Banner
Description
Banner carried by Anṣār (الأنصار) in battle. Rough local cotton in vivid red in central section. White appliqued lettering in four lines with carefully stitched bracketing at each end, creating cartouche effect. Badly damaged on left side, although lettering (at line ends) mainly survives. The Arabic script reads:
yā allah yā raḥmān yā raḥīm
yā ḥayy yā qayūm yā ḍhi’l-jalāl wa’l-ikrām lā illah ill’allah muḥammad rasūl allah muḥammad al-mahdī khalīfat rasūl allah
Oh Allah, O the compassionate, O the merciful
O ever-living, O everlasting, O Lord of Majesty and Generosity There is no god but Allah [and] Muḥammad is the Prophet of Allah Muḥammad the Mahdī is the successor of the Prophet of Allah
Date
1870 - 1880
Production period
Mid Victorian, 1850-1875, Late Victorian, 1876-1901
Dimensions