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A composite calligraphic album page bearing the name of Emperor Akbar, India, Mughal, late 16th cent
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Description
Persian manuscript on paper, the central panel with 6 diagonal lines of nasta'liq in black ink, border panels of further lines of nasta'liq and shikasteh in blue and black ink interspersed with gold and polychrome illuminated panels, ruled in gold and polychrome, within gold sprinkled buff-pink margins, verso with later nasta'liq inscriptions
text panel 25.5 by 15.8cm.
leaf 30.8 by 20cm.
Provenance
On loan at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.
Catalogue note
inscriptions:
Main panel: couplets from a ghazal of Jami
Upper panel:
jalal-e mellat o din padshah-e molk-e yaqin
khadiv-e yomn o yamin shahriyar-e yasr (o) yasar
‘The glory of the nation and religion, the emperor of the kingdom of true faith,
The ruler of auspiciousness and felicity, the monarch of ease (and) plenty’
Lower panel:
muhammad akbar-e ghazi ke mohreh-ye tofakash
ze haft qobbeh-ye pulad-e charkh kardeh godhar
‘Muhammad Akbar the warrior, the pellet of whose blow-pipe
Passes the seven steel domes of the heavens.’
text panel 25.5 by 15.8cm.
leaf 30.8 by 20cm.
Provenance
On loan at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.
Catalogue note
inscriptions:
Main panel: couplets from a ghazal of Jami
Upper panel:
jalal-e mellat o din padshah-e molk-e yaqin
khadiv-e yomn o yamin shahriyar-e yasr (o) yasar
‘The glory of the nation and religion, the emperor of the kingdom of true faith,
The ruler of auspiciousness and felicity, the monarch of ease (and) plenty’
Lower panel:
muhammad akbar-e ghazi ke mohreh-ye tofakash
ze haft qobbeh-ye pulad-e charkh kardeh godhar
‘Muhammad Akbar the warrior, the pellet of whose blow-pipe
Passes the seven steel domes of the heavens.’
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Persian manuscript on paper, the central panel with 6 diagonal lines of nasta'liq in black ink, border panels of further lines of nasta'liq and shikasteh in blue and black ink interspersed with gold and polychrome illuminated panels, ruled in gold and polychrome, within gold sprinkled buff-pink margins, verso with later nasta'liq inscriptions
text panel 25.5 by 15.8cm.
leaf 30.8 by 20cm.
Provenance
On loan at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.
Catalogue note
inscriptions:
Main panel: couplets from a ghazal of Jami
Upper panel:
jalal-e mellat o din padshah-e molk-e yaqin
khadiv-e yomn o yamin shahriyar-e yasr (o) yasar
‘The glory of the nation and religion, the emperor of the kingdom of true faith,
The ruler of auspiciousness and felicity, the monarch of ease (and) plenty’
Lower panel:
muhammad akbar-e ghazi ke mohreh-ye tofakash
ze haft qobbeh-ye pulad-e charkh kardeh godhar
‘Muhammad Akbar the warrior, the pellet of whose blow-pipe
Passes the seven steel domes of the heavens.’
text panel 25.5 by 15.8cm.
leaf 30.8 by 20cm.
Provenance
On loan at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.
Catalogue note
inscriptions:
Main panel: couplets from a ghazal of Jami
Upper panel:
jalal-e mellat o din padshah-e molk-e yaqin
khadiv-e yomn o yamin shahriyar-e yasr (o) yasar
‘The glory of the nation and religion, the emperor of the kingdom of true faith,
The ruler of auspiciousness and felicity, the monarch of ease (and) plenty’
Lower panel:
muhammad akbar-e ghazi ke mohreh-ye tofakash
ze haft qobbeh-ye pulad-e charkh kardeh godhar
‘Muhammad Akbar the warrior, the pellet of whose blow-pipe
Passes the seven steel domes of the heavens.’
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