Mask of Vaikuntha Vishnu, late 5th century. Learn more about 5th century masks
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Textiles with embroidered inscriptions produced in Iran during the early Islamic period, until the fourteenth century CE. Robes made of these textiles were given as khil’at (textile or robes gifted by emperors as a token of appreciation) to ambassadors and courtiers. The name may refer to the textile, the inscribed embroidery bands or the factories where the textile was produced. From the Persian word tiraz, meaning “embroidery.”