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DESIGNERS UNKNOWN [SURAH AL - FATIHAH / "HELPFUL VERSES."] Two posters. Circa 1911. Each approximately 21 1/4x27 3/4 inches, 54x70 1/2 cm. Karimov Brothers Printing House, Kazan. Condition varies, generally B+. Mounted on period linen. The Islamic Karimov brothers ran a popular and prolific printing house in Kazan (the capital of Tatarstan) which published school books, literature, folk tales, fiction, religious literature and more. The brothers also opened up the city's first Islamic library. These attractive lithographs display fine Tatar calligraphy, and present verses from the Qur'an. They were likely intended as readily-accessible, devotional decorations for the home.
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