This 20th century Talismanic shirt was hand made with several texts and drawings on the back and the front. The drawings are on the back just below the neckline and are of the Kaaba and Bayt al Makdis. The texts are mainly versus from the Quran and the names of Allah.
The shirt is 119 by 59 cm.
Product Code: 15329
Talismanic shirt according to Wikipedia
A talismanic shirt (or talisman shirt; Turkish: tılsımlı gömlek; Persian: پیراهن طلسمات, Romanized: pirâhan telesmat) is a handmade, worn textile talismanic object. Talismanic shirts are found throughout the Islamic world. The shirts can be grouped to four types which differ in style and the symbols used: an Ottoman, a Safavid, a Mughal and a West African one.
The earliest surviving examples were made approximately in 15th century, though the tradition of talismanic shirts might be much older. In the Surah Yusuf of the Quran a shirt of the prophet Yusuf is described as giving him protection and even miracle-working. He hands it over so it can heal the blindness of his father Yaqub: "Go with this my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father: he will come to see" (Quran 12:93).
The shirts may be inscribed with verses from Quran, names of Allah and of prophets and with numbers. They may carry images or symbols, e.g., astrological ones. The inscribed names are believed to be capable of offering protection and guidance to the carrier. Although talismanic shirts can be worn to protect against many evils most of them seem to be intended as a shield in battle
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