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  title info:
    title: Textiles of the early Islamic caliphates
  name:
    name part: Sokoly, Jochen A. (Jochen Artur)
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Sabah, Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad
    role:
      role term: dedicatee
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Collection catalogs.
  genre: Catalogues de collection.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2025
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    form: regular print
    extent: 552 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 29 cm.
  abstract: "A collection of precious inscribed or decorated Islamic textiles produced before the thirteenth century CE, many published here for the first time"--
  abstract: "The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, includes a remarkable array of textiles from the Islamic world, ranging widely in form, function, and place of origin. Textiles of the Early Islamic Caliphates focuses on a group of tiraz and tiraz-style textiles produced before the thirteenth century CE, mainly in the central Islamic lands. Tiraz textiles - the word tiraz can be traced back to the Persian word for "embroidery" - were highly valued in the early Islamic world. Inscribed with sacred invocations and the name of the ruling caliph, together with information relating to their year of manufacture, these textiles provide an invaluable window into the political, administrative, and religious life of early Islam, as well as various traditions of textile production. Other textiles of the period, similar in style but uninscribed, were decorated with colorful medallions, depicting animals and other motifs. The large majority of the surviving fragments of tiraz textiles, which were originally given as robes of honor to courtiers and ambassadors, have been found in Egyptian tombs: most of the textiles examined in this book once belonged to burial outfits from the diverse religious communities in Egypt during the early Islamic period. Featuring more than 180 textiles from The al-Sabah Collection, some never published before, this volume provides detailed analysis not only of the textiles themselves, but also of the historical and cultural context in which they were produced. With hundreds of illustrations, including specially commissioned macrophotography, Textiles of the Early Islamic Caliphates is a fascinating and hugely informative work that will appeal to scholars and general readers alike"--
  table of contents: The world of dress during the early Islamic caliphates : fashion, diplomacy and trade -- Inscriptions as symbols of the caliphate -- Making tiraz textiles : materials and manufactures -- Catalogue. Part I. The Abbasid Caliphate ; Part II. The Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt.
  note: Jochen Sokoly.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 526-532) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Islamic textile fabrics
    topic: History
    temporal: To 1500
    genre: Catalogs
  subject:
    topic: Tiraz (Islamic textiles)
    topic: History
    temporal: To 1500
    genre: Catalogs
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Majmūʻat al-Ṣabāḥ (Kuwait, Kuwait)
    genre: Catalogs
  subject:
    topic: Islamic art
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Art islamique
    topic: Histoire
  classification: NK8808.9 .S65 2025
  classification: 746.091767
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Sabah Collection series
  identifier: 9780500966051
  identifier: 0500966052
  location:
    physical location: POD
  record info:
    record content source: UKMGB
    record creation date: 250225
    record change date: 20260418234027.6
    record identifier: in00005779156
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng