Calligraphic composition in the form of a ship, located Bahçesaray, signed Maqsûd and dated 1873-74 Calligraphy in black ink on gray-green paper enhanced with gouache and gold, the letters depicting a ship with a pseudo-tughra sail and two Turkish flags flying from the masts. The text includes the names of the Seven Sleepers or Companions of the Cave and their dog Qitmir. Composition inscribed in an oval medallion flanked by four spandrels with palmettes, then encircled by a border inscribed at the bottom with the name of the calligrapher Maqsûd, the place of production Bahçesaray and the date 1290 H / 1873 - 74. Framed. 26.3 x 36.2 cm Some polychromy and folds. The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, known to Muslims as the Ahl al-Kahf, the People of the Cave, are saints recognized by both religions who are said to have slept a very long sleep before miraculously awakening. In Islam, their names are said to have talismanic virtues, conferring a protective power on works using them as subjects. Bahçesaray locates the work possibly in Crimea, where the city was the capital of the Tatar Khanate from 1441 to 1783. Or perhaps it refers to the town of the same name in the Van region of eastern Turkey.