Sitarah for the mosque of the Prophet in Medina; with the tughra and signature cartouche of Sultan Mahmud II on Legacy-collections Sphere from

The signature cartouche of Sultan Mahmud II appears at the top of the curtain, above the point of the arch. It reads, katabahu (‘written by’) al-Ghazi (‘The Warrior for the Faith’)Mahmud ibn ‘Abdulhamid Khan. His tughra, with his soubriquet ‘Adli (‘The Just’), appears at the lower end of the curtain.