Scripts, inscriptions and writing implements from the archive.
Ottoman Coat of Arms. In the Tughra
itself the Inscription Abdulhamid Han el-Muzaffer Daima; In the
Upper Right Hand Corner the Title "El-Gazi".
Cufic Script,
"Success is with learning, not with the learned"
Inscription by Ali Rasim in Superimposed Thuluth and Muhakkak Script, date 1290H(1873),"My sole help is on Allah. In Him do I trust, and to Him do turn me."
Calligraphic Inscription in Ta'liq Script,"The Prophet of Allah has proclaimed: Allah has ninety-nine names and he who can count them will enter paradise."
The Tughra Contains the Inscription Abdulhamid Han bin Abdulmecid Han El Muzaffer Daima,Divanı Script, Date of Composition 7 February 1883 Istanbul.
Hilye-i Sherife
Writing Implements: Pen-cases, inkpot,
penknife, scissors etc.
Short Biographies of the Calligraphers
Calligraphic inscription in superimposed Thuluth by Abdülfettah Effendi,"And He created the sun and the moon and the stars, subjected to laws by his bequest. Is not all creation and its empire His? Blessed be Allah the Lord of the Worlds"
Above, the Verse,"Recite thou! For thy Lord is the most Beneficent, Who hath taught the use of the
pen.", below, Hadith, "The humble and ust Sultan is the shadow and spear of Allah on earth. He is exulted equel to the work of century of the saints."
A Hilye by Seyyid Abdullah in Muhakkak, Thuluth and Naskhi,
dated1110H (1698).
