A curtain for the tomb of the prophet (Hujrat Al-Qabr Al-Nabawi Al-Sahrif) in Medina with the name of Sultan Mahmud II (r.1223-1255/ 1808-1839)

of rectangular form, the black silk ground with red and green silk cartouches and roundels, embroidered with silver and silver-gilt threads, with a central hanging lamp flanked by tassels above a large drop-form inscription cartouche with smaller inscription panels above and below, with a pair of stylised candles and calligraphic roundels framed by leaves and garlands, set within a columned archway with an outer border of foliate scrolls interrupted by calligraphic roundels

Minor tears and damages to silk ground, overall good condition, as viewed
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inscriptions

In the ten border roundels: 
The names of the Orthodox Caliphs, Hasan, Husayn, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, Talha, Sa's and Abu 'Ubayda.

In the two green roundels: the shahada

In the lamp, in mirrored form:  'O Opener [of all doors]!'

In the two red middle panels:
Qur'an, surah al-Ahzab (XXXIII), parts of 45-46

In between the above panels:
The tughra signature of Sultan Mahmud (r. 1223-55/ 1808-39): 'Mahmud ibn 'Abd al-Hamid wrote it'

In the central roundel:
Qur'an, surah al-Baqara (II), 255

In the red panel: amara bi-'amal hadha al-sitarah al-sharifa mawlana al-sultan al-mughazi mahmud khan ibn al-sultan 'abd al-hamid khan
'Our Lord the Sultan, the military campaigner, Mahmud Khan son of Sultan 'Abd al-Hamid Khan ordered the making of this noble curtain'