A rare Ottoman Silk And Metal-Thread calligraphic panel, Turkey or North Africa

of rectangular form, the navy-blue silk ground embroidered with light-green silk thread with a long calligraphic inscription flanked by calligraphic roundels at each end, the borders of red silk embroidered with gold silk kufic inscriptions

Overall in good condition. some fraying throughout, minor discolouration, affixed to modern backing, recently cleaned, as viewed.
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inscriptions

In the main central band: Qur'an, surah al-'Imran (III), 97.

In one roundel: surah al-Ikhlas (CXII).

In the other roundel: surah al-Ahzab (XXXIII), 40.

In the red bands, in Kufic:
1) Repetition of a phrase, which is similar to a quotation that appears 3 times in the Qur'an, surah al-Tawba (IX), parts of 33; surah al-Fath (XLVIII), parts of 28 and surah al-Saff (LXI), parts of 11.
2) Repetition of a prayer for the four Orthodox Caliphs and all of the remaining friends [of the Prophet].
3) Repetition of surah al-Ikhlas (CXII).
4) Repetition of surah al-Ahzab (XXXIII), 40.