This luxuriously woven sash (patka) was woven in Iran but used in Hyderabad. It bears a stamp from the toshkhana (wardrobe store) of Asaf Jah, first Nizam of Hyderabad with the date 1159 AH (equivalent to 1746AD). The muted colour palette is typical of Safavid Persian taste, and the upright, symmetrical shape of the flowering plants in the end panels also indicates an Iranian rather than Indian origin..