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Figure 9.11: Tombstone in southern Egyptdated 31 A.H.
Source: Hamidullah, Six Originaux, p. 69.
2. Aninscription in Kuficscript near Ta'if (eastof Makkah), containing
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prayer. This one is dated 40 A.H.
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Figure 9.12: Attractive KUjic inscription dated 40 A.H., with a sketch if the
original. Source: Al-Atlal, vol. i, Plate 49. Reproduced with their kind
permission.
The inscription may be translated, "Mercy and blessingsof Allah
upon 'Abdur-Rahman bin Khalid bin al-'A~, written in the year
forty [A.H.]"
3. Dam of Mu'awiya near Ta'if, with an inscription in unadorned
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Kufic." dated 58 A.H.
34 AH. Sharafaddin, "Some Islamic inscriptions discovered on the Darb Zubayda",
al-Atidl, vol. i, 1397 (1977), pp. 69-70.
35 Gruendler, The Development qf theArabic Script, pp. 15-16.
36 See Figure 10.5 and the accompanied text.
