4/6/2024 0 Comments Allah rasool muhammadAccording to Muslim historiographical tradition, Muhammad's original seal was inherited by Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, but lost by Uthman in a well in Medina. The seal is a rectangular piece of red agate, about 1 cm (½") in length, inscribed with الله / محمد رسول (i.e., Allāh "God" in the first line, and Muḥammad rasūl "Muhammad, messenger" in the second). It has been used as recently as the 17th century to stamp documents. The seal itself is encased in crystal, approximately 3" × 4", with a border of ivory. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier in 1675 reported that the seal was kept in a small ebony box in a niche cut in the wall by the foot of a divan in the relic room at Topkapı.
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