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Kufi Murabba

Twenty words and phrases in square Kufic, each letter built brick by brick on a grid in the manner of Timurid tilework, in ink, bone, terracotta, lapis, turquoise and gold.

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Allah in square Kufic, the letters as bone bricks set into a small lapis tile with fine joints, on a wide bone ground.Lapis TileNo. 1
Four glazed tiles in lapis, turquoise, terracotta and black, each carrying one phrase in square Kufic: Subhan Allah, al-hamdu lillah, la ilaha illa Allah and Allahu akbar.Four PraisesNo. 2
Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim in black square Kufic on bone, inside a thin terracotta key border built on the same brick grid.Framed BasmalaNo. 3
La ilaha illa Allah in turquoise bricks within a lapis tile panel, its joints drawn in a pale line, on a bone ground.Turquoise WitnessNo. 4
Al-hamdu lillah in large terracotta square Kufic on a bone ground.Al-Hamdu LillahNo. 5
Subhan Allah in gold square Kufic on soft black.Subhan AllahNo. 6
Allahu akbar in square Kufic on lapis, with the Name in gold and akbar in bone.Allahu AkbarNo. 7
The name Muhammad cut out of a small gold square Kufic seal on a soft black ground.MuhammadNo. 8
Sabr in bone square Kufic on terracotta, with its single dot in black.SabrNo. 9
Shukr in bone square Kufic on turquoise, its three dots in gold.ShukrNo. 10
A field of the word nur repeated in lapis on deeper lapis, with a single gold nur at the centre.One LightNo. 11
Salam in square Kufic on glazed bricks laid in brick bond, terracotta letters on bone alternating with bone letters on terracotta, with plain half-bricks closing alternate courses.Salam BricksNo. 12
Rahma in lapis square Kufic with terracotta dots, framed by a small terracotta key border on bone.RahmaNo. 13
The short word hubb in terracotta square Kufic, small on a wide bone ground.HubbNo. 14
Tawakkul in turquoise square Kufic with gold dots, inside a fine gold key border on soft black.TawakkulNo. 15
Baraka repeated in a single band of square Kufic, gold and bone in turn, on terracotta between two fine lines that run edge to edge.Baraka FriezeNo. 16
Ar-Rahman and ar-Rahim set one above the other in bone square Kufic on lapis, without dots, as in early Kufic.Two MerciesNo. 17
Inna ma'a al-'usri yusra in bone square Kufic on soft black, with the final word, yusra, in turquoise.With Hardship, EaseNo. 18
A chequerboard of square tiles, each holding the Name Allah in square Kufic, black on bone and bone on black in turn.Light and ShadeNo. 19
The Basmala in gold square Kufic within a black tile panel with fine joints, set on terracotta.Glazed BasmalaNo. 20
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