Number cc808
Style Pictorial
Type Anatolian
Material Silk & Gold Thread
Origin Anatolian
Size 148 x 148
Age 1324 = 1906
Bearing the imperial Tughra ceremonial signature of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, and inscribed with the ideals of the French Revolution and the Young Turks: liberty, equality, fraternity. All in exquisite silver.
ุญุฑูุช- ุนุฏุงูุช- ุงุฎูุช
Note the marriage of the nationalistic (Young) Turk Yildiz star โญ and the Islamic Hilal crescent ๐ symbolizing the dual nature of the sultan as king and caliph, and positioning the new government as both progressive and traditional.
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