A Mamluk-revival inlaid brass qur'an stand (kursi), Egypt or Syria, 19th-20th century

of hexagonal form decorated with silver and copper inlay, the top with a central cusped calligraphic roundel surrounded by cartouches filled with flying birds, on a geometric ground bordered by calligraphic and foliate bands, five of the sides with similar cusped calligraphic roundels with pierced panels with inscriptions and blazons above and below, the front with hinged double-doors, each side with an arched apron with cross-bar, supported on six turned feet

inscriptions

In narrow bands:

‘izz li-mawlana  al-sultan al-malik al-malik al-‘alim  al-‘amil al-‘adil / al-murabit al-muthaghir al-mujahid al-mu’ayyad al-mansur / sultan al-islam wa  al-muslimin qatil al-kufrah / wa  al-mushrikin  muhiyy  al-‘adl fi’l-‘alamin / Abu’l-fuqara’ wa al-masakin qasim amir

'Glory to our Lord, the Sultan, the King, the Possessor, the Learned, the Diligent, the Just, the Defender, the Protector of frontiers, the Holy-warrior, the one helped (by God), the Victorious, Sultan of Islam and Muslims, Slayer of infidels and polytheists, Reviver of justice in the world, the father of the poor and the miserable, Qasim Comander’

In the wide bands:

‘izz li-mawlana  al-sultan  al-malik al-malik / al-‘alim  al-‘amil al-‘adil al-mujahid al-mu’ayyad / al-murabit al-muthaghir al-mansur sultan al-islam / wa  al-muslimin qatil al-kufrah wa  al-mushrikin /  muhiyy  al-‘adl fi’l-‘alamin Abu’l-fuqara’/ wa al-masakin qasim amir al-mu’minin / al-malik al-ashraf abu’l-nasr / al-malik al-ashraf qaytbay /

‘Glory to our Lord, the Sultan, the King, the Possessor, the Learned, the Diligent, the Just, the Holy-warrior, the one helped (by God), the Defender, the Protector of frontiers, the Victorious, Sultan of Islam and Muslims,  Slayer of infidels and polytheists, Reviver of justice in the world, the father of the poor and the miserable, Qasim Comander of the Faithful, al-Malik  al-Ashraf Abu’l-Nasr al-Malik al-Ashraf Qaytbay’

In the roundels:

al-sultan  al-malik al-nasir abu’l-nasr al-ashraf qaytbay ‘azza nasrahu

‘The Sultan, al-Malik al-Nasir Abu’l-Nasr al-Ashraf Qaytbay, may [God] glorify his victory’

In small roundels:

‘Al-Malik al-Nasir’