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Tughra
A tughra is a calligraphic cipher (signature) of an Ottoman sultan. At its height the Ottoman Empire covered a vast area that stretched from the Balkans to Anatolia and the Caspian Sea, and covered much of North Africa and continued along both sides of the Red Sea. The Ottoman court was based at Istanbul, Turkey.
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(Pre-) Modern Middle East and North Africa