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Escutcheon with the nasrid kings motto, Wa lā gāliba illā-llāh (ولا غالب إلا الله),And nobody is victorious, but God, stucco on the walls of the Alhambra, 13th-century, Granada, Spain.
Nasrid kings' motto 'Wa lā gāliba illā-llāh' (And nobody is victorious, but God) in stucco, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 13th-century. Jebulon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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