This is the Tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid Khan II. A Tughra is a monogram with which a sultan signed documents.
Dimensions: 53 by 49.
Product Code: 15644
What is a Tughra?
A Tughra (Ottoman Turkish: طغرا, romanized: ṭuġrā; Turkish: tuğra) is a calligraphic monogram, seal or signature of a sultan that was affixed to all official documents and correspondence. Inspired by the tamgha, it was also carved on his seal and stamped on the coins minted during his reign. Very elaborate decorated versions were created for important documents that were also works of art in the tradition of Ottoman illumination.
The tughra was designed at the beginning of the sultan's reign and drawn by the court calligrapher or nişancı on written documents. The first tughra examples are from the 14th century. Every Ottoman sultan had his own individual tughra.
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