Treasury of Secrets (Makhzan al-Asrār), by Ḥaydar Khwārazmī (d. 1414) - Chester Beatty Online Collections

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Object no:: T 433

Title:: Treasury of Secrets (Makhzan al-Asrār), by Ḥaydar Khwārazmī (d. 1414)

Artist and production place:: Muhammad Qasim (possibly by)
Mashhad

Calligrapher and production place:: Unknown
Mashhad (probably)

Production date:: 1617-1636

Dimensions:: 298 mm x 186 mm x 18 mm (height x width x depth)

Material:: Paper (material) Pigment (material) Ink (material) Gold Leather (material)

Language:: Chagatai (language) Turkish (language)

Script type:: Nasta'liq script

Collection:: Turkish collection

Document type:: Manuscript

Object name:: Codex

Description:: Treasury of Secrets (Makhzan al-Asrār), by Ḥaydar Khwārazmī (d. 1414). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 30 folios, Chaghatay Turkish text in nasta`liq script, with illuminated heading (sarlawh, fol. 1v), 8 paintings (fols. 14v, 16v, 18r, 20v, 23r, 26r, 29v, 30r) and gold-painted pink borders throughout, Treasury of Secrets (Makhzan al-Asrār), by Ḥaydar Khwārazmī (d. 1414), paintings probably by Muḥammad Qāsim (d. 1660), final image is dedicated to Manūchihr Khān (died 1636, governor of Mashhad), unsigned, probably Mashhad, Iran, undated, c. 1617-1636.

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