Contents
Chairman's Foreword 10
Director's Foreword 11
Preface and Acknowledgements 12
Map of the Islamic world 14 Map of Southeast Asia 16
Conventions 18
Introduction 20
Seals from the Islamic world 24
1. The use of seals in early Islam Venetia Porter (VP) 26
2. Documents without seals Annabel Teh Gallop (AG) 30
3. Seals on documents AG 34
4. Qljar marriage certificates Heba Nayel Barakat 40
5. Neither too high nor too low: the position of the seal on a letter AG 46
6. Legal documents from Xinjiang Heba Nayel Barakat 52
7. Seals in books AG 58
8. Seals of Chinese Muslim calligraphers Heba Nayel Barakat 62
9. Islamic' seals of non-Muslims AG 66
10.Seals of women AG 68
Seal matrices 70
1.Seal stones and their properties VP 72
2.Early Islamic seal stones in Southeast Asia AG 74
3. A Persian treatise on seal engraving Arif Naushahi 76
4. Ottoman seal culture AG 78
5. Munsyi Abdullah as seal designer AG 82
6. Seal designers of Aceh and Kedah AG 84
7. Malay seal matrices AG 88
8. The seal designs of the Sultan of Bone AG 90
9. Raja Ali Haji and his seal Jan van der Putten & AG 94
10. Seals versus amulets VP 96
Seal impressions 100
1. Ilkhanid seals: the earliest Islamic ink seal impressions VP 102
2.Red ink seals of Kedah and Pedis AG 104
3. Wax seals AG 106
4. The seal of Syaikh Yusuf of Makassar AG 109
5. Gold seal tokens ofBanjar AG 110
6. Lampblack seals from Southeast Asia AG 114
7. The great seal of Brunei AG 116
8. Malay origami: decorative paper seal covers AG 118
9. (Almost) the last Malay lampblack seal AG 120
10. New times, new ways of sealing AG 122
Calligraphy and Inscriptions 126
1.Calligraphy on seals VP 128
2. Seal inscriptions VP 130
3. Seals of the Imams VP 132
4. Dates on seals and amulets Heba Nayel Barakat Nurul Iman Rusli, Ros Mahwati Ahmad Zakaria & Fariba Roomi 135
5. 'His servant': seals from the Hijaz AG 138
6. The Mughal genealogical seal AG 140
7. The ninefold seal of Aceh AG 144
8.Malay seal inscriptions AG 148
9. Minangkabau seals in Negeri Sembilan AG 152
10. Seal collectors AG 154
Design and Decoration 158
1. Seal shapes AG 160
2.Seals with headpieces AG 162
3. Petalled lotus seals from Southeast Asia AG 166
4. Art around seals AG I70
5. Pictorial brass seals from Iran VP 173
6. Royal animal seals from Jambi AG 174
7. Dhu al-faqar on Islamic seals AG 176
8. The 'crowned arms' of Gowa AG 178
9. Ship seals of the viceroys of Johor and Riau AG 180
10. Heraldic seals AG 183
Bibliography 189
Index of illustrations & photograph credits 194