CUFIC MONUMENTAL CHARACTER

No. 2 is part of an inscription copied from a public building in Tarragon a in Spain. It reads:— بسم الله بركة من الله لعبد الله عبد الرحمان امير المومنين اطال الله (بقاءه)‎ Bi-smi ʾllāhi! barakatun mina ʾllāhi li-ʿabdi ʾllāhi ʿabdi ʾr-raḥmāni amīri ʾl-muʾminīna at̤āla ʾllāhu (baqāʾa-hu) . “In the name of God! May a ble ing from God be upon ʿAbdillāh ʿAbdur-raḥmān, Commander of the Faithful; may God lengthen his life.” IMG:3048615538088815629_p688-2.jpg:No. 3. No. 3.