19TH CENTURY VICTORIAN PERIOD INDO-PERSIAN SHIELD WITH QURAN INSCRIPTION For Sale

A late 19th century Victorian period Indo-Persian shield, the 20½ inch circular iron shield, the acid etched surface showing riders on horseback, animals heads, flowers and tendrils, the outer border etched with flowers and tendrils and an inner circle with an Arabic verse from a series of abstract lines from the Quran, Sura II, verse 255. (the Throne Verse.)(See below). The centre of the shield etched with a male and female figure and with 4 bosses, the rear with the remains of the old original covering, the shield edge turned over. #9451rlo

Allah! There is no deity but Him, the Alive, the Eternal.
Neither slumber nor sleep overtaketh Him.
Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth.
Who could intercede in His presence without His permission?
He knoweth that which is in front of them and that which is behind them,
while they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills.
His throne includeth the heavens and the earth,
and He is never weary of preserving them.
He is the Sublime, the Tremendous.

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