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| Keywords: Thuluth - Yaqut al-Mustasimi.jpg en This line of text reads Annahu la yastalim ila al-hajar al-aswad wa-al-rukn al-yamani He does not permit it except at the Black Stone and the Yemenite Corner It appears that this text comprises a fragment of a pilgrimage guide or prescriptive text that states that during ritual circumambulation tawaf touching or kissing the Ka'ba only is permitted at the Black Stone and the Yemenite Corner the southeast corner On the fragment's verso appears a note attributing the piece to the famous 13th-century calligrapher Yaqut al-Musta'simi d 696/1296 Active at the 'Abbasid court in Baghdad he lived through the Mongol invasions Qadi Ahmad 1959 57-60 He wrote in the six cursive styles which included thuluth used here LOC-calligraphy ascs 004 Calligrapher The famous 13th-century calligrapher Yaqut al-Musta'simi d 696/1296 century 13 PD-Art Thuluth style Library of Congress Arabic Persian and Ottoman calligraphy collection | ||||
