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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialPrayer (du'a) for a king A prayer in Arabic for a King (and his many honorific epithets), written in "hanging" Ta'liq script called Tarassul in Safavid Iran by the calligrapher Kamal al-Din Husayn (d. 974/1566-7). Both panels also are executed in a version of the "hanging" ta'liq script called tarassul, in which letters such as the alif (a) and the lam (l) are connected by large looping ligatures. The...- Contributor: Kamal Al-Din (Ikhtiyar Al-Munshi)
- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialTwo Bayts (verses) on modesty Two Bayts (verses) on modesty, in Persian and written in black Nasta'liq script from Iran or India. (Safavid or Mughal) Dimensions of Written Surface: 18.7 (w) x 9.4 (h) cm In these repeating verses, the beloved ones or objects of beauty (literally, the "ones wearing crooked helmets," kajkulahan) are the target of violence and animosity. They want to break the wild-eyed / They want...- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialColophon of "Makhzan al-Asrar"; title page of "Khusraw va Shirin" Colophon of "Makhzan al-Asrar"; title page of "Khusraw va Shirin" from the Nizami's Khamsah, Shirazi style Safavid Persian illuminated manuscript in Nasta'liq script. Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto:12.1 (w) x 14.9 (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 12 9 (w) x 21 (h) cm Nine other folios from the same manuscript --mostly initial and terminal folios of the various books (kitab) from the...- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialQuatrain on divine mercy Persian Quatrain on divine mercy, Mir 'Ali Heravi (d. 951/1544-5), from Herat (in modern-day Afghanistan) a master calligrapher and the creator of nasta'liq script, he was taken to Bukhara (modern-day Uzbekistan) in 935/1528-9 by the Shaybanid ruler 'Ubaydallah Khan Uzbek (Qadi Ahmad 1959: 126-131). Dimensions of Written Surface: 9.4 (w) x 17.7 (h) cm On the back of this fragment appears the inscribed attribution...- Contributor: Mir 'Ali Heravi (Attr.)
- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Unidentified treatise on prosody by Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar al-Najātī al-Nīsābūrī]
Kitāb-i ʻarūz̤-i Jāmī This treatise discusses different aspects of the art of versification, including meters, verses, letters, syllables, patterns of rhythm, and other topics relating to the poetic arts in early modern Persian poetry. The author, who is identified on folio 2, Mahmud ibn ʻUmar al-Najati al-Nisaburi (died 1328), is also known as Hamid al-Din Mahmud bin ʻUmar Nijati Nishapuri. No information exists about his place and...- Contributor: Ibn Jamīl, Muḥammad ʻārif - Najātī, Maḥmūd Ibn ʻumar - Jāmī
- Date: 1527
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialSa'di, "Two Lovers Lost at Sea" Four verses from Sa'di's "Bustan" (The Fruit Orchard), writen in black Nasta'liq script during 16th-17th cent. Iran. Chunin khwandam ka dar dariya-yi a'zam / Bi-girdabi dar aftadand ba ham / Chumalah amadash ta dast girad / Mabada kandaran (ka dar an) sakhti bamirad... Dimensions of Written Surface: 11.6 (w) x 18.1 (h) cm I read that, in a very large sea, / They fell...- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialIlluminated frontispiece A typical 16th century Persianate frontispieces made for a Qur'an, from Herat, present day Afghanistan. Illuminators during the first half of the 16th century experimented with the double-page illuminated frontispiece. For example, the artist Shaykhzadah began using black backgrounds and invented new arabesque or scrollwork motifs. These motifs not only appeared in frontispieces, but were used as architectural ornamentation in manuscript paintings (Soudavar 1992:...- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialVerses by Hilali Persian poetry verses by the poet Hilali (d. 936/1529-30), written in nasta'liq script by the calligrapher Mir 'Ali Heravi (d. 951/1544-5) during the Shaybanid period. Dimensions of Written Surface: 13.3 (w) x 22.1 (h) cm It appears that this calligraphic piece attempts to highlight the close master-pupil relationship by pasting together their works onto a single album page. Other calligraphic fragments written by, or...- Contributor: Mir 'Ali and Sultan Bayazid
- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialBeginning of Nizami's "Iqbalnamah" Nizami's "Iqbalnamah" from the Khamsah, Shirazi style Safavid Persian illuminated manuscript in Nasta'liq script. Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: 12.1 (w) x 21 (h) cm Nine other folios from the same manuscript --mostly initial and terminal folios of the various books (kitab) from the "Khamsah" as well as one painting from the story of Laylah wa Majnun -- are held in the Library of...- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialQuatrain by Rumi Quatrain by Rumi written in black Nasta'liq script by the calligrapher Mir 'Ali Heravi (d. 951/1544-5) during the Shaybanid period. (Oh) wine-bringer, because of (my) grief for you, (my) mind and spirit left / Give (me) wine so that (my) pride may disappear. / My patience and ability are spent in this way, / I too would vanish, if only I could. Dimensions of...- Contributor: Mir 'Ali
- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialVerses on tragic love Verses on tragic love drawn from the love story of Laylah and Majnun, written in the black Nasta'liq script by calligrapher Shah Muhammad al-Mashhadi in 16th Cent. Between the diagonal and lower horizontal lines on the text panel appears a triangle (or thumb piece) inscribed by the calligrapher Shah Muhammad al-Mashhadi, who notes that he wrote (mashaqahu) the verses and requests forgiveness from God...- Contributor: Shah Muhammad Al-Mashhadi
- Date: 1560
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialVerses by Baba Tahir Persian verses by Baba Tahir, 11th-century Persian poet, written in black nasta'liq script in the 16th- or 17th- century Iran. Dimensions of Written Surface: 13 (w) x 21 (h) cm I am that ant which is crushed underfoot / Not the bee from whose sting they suffer Man u murum ka dar payam bamaland / Na zanburum ka az nasham banaland Other Persian verses...- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Yūsuf va Zulaykhā]
[يوسف و زليخا] Manuscript. Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribe not identified. Written in Central Asia. Paper; lightly polished cream color laid paper with very faint horizontal chain lines on some pages and no visible watermarks; elaborate floral unwan in gold, blue and red with pinkish flowers; text enclosed in ruled border of blue, gold, red and blue; text is divided into hemistichs separated by wide columns...- Contributor: Jāmī
- Date: 1583
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKitāb-i Būstān-i Shaykh Saʼdī raḥimahu Allāh
كتاب بوستان شيخ سعدى رحمه الله Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 2b. Written by Sulṭānmuḥammad al-Kātib. Probably written in Iran. Paper; thick, dark cream color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; elaborate unwan on fol. 2b in blue, gold, and red; fol. 1b-3a and 168b and 169b have elaborate floral decorations in margins; text enclosed in elaborate ruled border in blue-white-gold-red-green-gold; black ink with red section headings;...- Contributor: Saʻdī
- Date: 1535
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialGhazals of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi Ghazals by Indian Persian poet, Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d. 725/1325) written in black nasta'liq script by the calligrapher Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi, active in the Timurid court of Sultan Husayn Bayqara (r. 1470-1506) in Herat. Dimensions of Written Surface: 10.5 (w) x 18.6 (h) cm In the bottom left corner of the rightmost column appears the artist's signature, which reads: mashaqahu al-'abd (written by the...- Contributor: Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi
- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Unnamed Sufi treatise] This manuscript in Persian is an untitled Sufi text on meditation containing both poetry and prose. It was completed in early 1520, probably in Herat (present-day Afghanistan) or Mashhad (present-day Iran). The colophon, which is in Arabic, gives the name of the scribe, Mīr 'Alī Ḥusaynī Haravī (circa 1476-1543). The manuscript is on a firm cream-colored paper inlaid into light cream (folios 1-8) or...- Contributor: Mīr ʻalī Ḥusaynī Haravī
- Date: 1520
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFragmentary verses Calligraphic fragment with four verses of Persian poetry attributed to Safi al-Husayni in the 16th cent in the Nasta'liq script from India or Iran. [I want] to see your face again / Seeing your beauty... made my fortune / Hand... without end / [Their] presence made (my) heart and eye happy Bazam... didan-i ruyat... / Jamalat dida bakhtam... shud / Dast-i... bi-karana / Mujab-i...- Contributor: Safi Al-Husayni
- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKitāb-i Saḥr-i ḥalāl
كتاب سحر حلال Manuscript. Persian. Scribe not indicated. Written in Iran. Paper; fine, beige paper; manuscript opens with a pair of gorgeous illuminated opening pages, separated by tissue; black ink; extremely fine black script, each line of script on these two pages is separated with a gold background painted with a floral motif; text enclpsed in a thin deep-blue ruled border decorated with tiny white 'crosses' surrounds...- Contributor: Shīrāzī, Muḥammad
- Date: 1545
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialThe battle of Mazandaran The battle of Mazandaran drawn from the "Hamzahnamah" (Book of Hamzah), sponsored by the Mughal Emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605), India. Written in the Nasta'liq script. Approximately 50 painters worked on the project under the supervision of the famous artists Mir Sayyid 'Ali and 'Abd al-Samad, who both had worked ca. 1522-35 on the royal "Shahnamah" of the Safavid ruler Shah Tahmasp (see Dickson and...- Date: 1564
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialMakhzan al-asrār ; Khulāṣat al-khamsah
مخزن الاسرار ؛ خلاصة الخمسة Manuscript. Persian. Each work has separate title ; title of first work fol. 1b; title for second work, fol. 82a. Each section has different date: Makhzan al-asrār dated 28 Rajab 954 [9 September 1547]; second section dated 4 Shaʻbān 954 [19 September 1547]. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in Iran or India. Paper: thick, cream color Oriental paper; text in columns in...- Contributor: Persian Manuscript Collection (Library of Congress) - Niẓāmī Ganjavī
- Date: 1547
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFal-i Qur'an (divination by the Qur'an) Safavid Iranian Fortune Readings in Persian based on the Qur'an. Although divination by the Qur'an appears largely in a Safavid Shi'ite context, other examples of fals by means of the Qur'an entitled "Fi tafa'ul min kalam Allah al-majid" (on divination by means of Allah's glorious words) and "dar fal-i mushaf" (on divination by the Book) also appear in Sunni Ottoman artistic traditions during the...- Date: 1550
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialEulogy to a ruler Eulogistic composition in Persian (insha') to a king written in the "hanging" ta'liq script by Persian calligrapher, Kamal al-Din Husayn (d. 974/1566-7). Arabic prayers (du'as) around the boarder. Dimensions of Written Surface: 14 (w) x 24.5 (h) cm He was a contemporary of Shah Mahmud al-Nishapuri, one of whose works is held in the collections of the Library of Congresss (1-87-154.155). In the lower...- Contributor: Kamal Al-Din (Ikhtiyar Al-Munshi)
- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialId (feast day) Quatrain Id (feast day) Quatrain in celebration of 'id al-qurban or 'id al-adha (the feast of sacrifice), Persian poem written in Nasta'liq script by the calligrapher Muhammad Qamar al-Din from 19th Cent. Qajar era Iran. Dimensions of Written Surface: 8.3 (w) 16.2 (h) cm In as much as 'id is the month of blessings / And makes pilgrims (go) to 'Arafat / Like sacrificial sheep,...- Contributor: Muhammad Qamar Al-Din
- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialPrayers for safety and success Prayers for safety and success in Persian in black Nasta'liq script by the calligrapher Mir 'Ali Heravi (d. 951/1544-5) during the Shaybanid period. Dimensions of Written Surface: 6.1 (w) x 15.2 (h) cm Jahanat bi-kam u falak yar bad / Jahan afarinat nigahdar bad / Bi-kam-i tu bada hama-yi kar-i tu / Khudavand-i giti nigahdar-i tu / Dil u kishvarat jam' u ma'mur bad...- Contributor: Mir 'Ali
- Date: 15??