Anthology of Persian poetry
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- Object no:
- Per 124I
- Title:
- Anthology of Persian poetry
- Calligrapher and production place:
- `Ali Pagir al-Ashtarjani
Bidar
- Production date:
- 1435 (838-839H)
- Dimensions:
- 392 mm x 267 mm x 52 mm (height x width x depth)
- Material:
- Paper (material) Pigment (material) Ink (material) Gold
- Language:
- Persian (language)
- Script type:
- Nasta'liq script
- Collection:
- Persian collection
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Object name:
- Codex
- Description:
- Anthology of Persian poetry, from Bahmanid Bidar. This large manuscript is from a two-volume compilation of Persian poetry, produced at the court of the Bahmanid sultans in India. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 291 folios, modern binding, Persian poetry in nasta`liq script, 61 paintings (including two double-page spreads), four illuminated frontispiece folios, five illuminated chapter-headings, combining the Khamsa by Nizami and the Masnavi by Jalal al-Din Rumi, volume one of a two-volume anthology comprising works by the poets Nizami, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, al-Busiri, `Attar and Sa`di, text copied by `Ali Pagir al-Ashtarjani, attributed to Bahmanid Bidar, Deccan, India, separate sections dated 20 Jumada II 838H (21 January 1435), 12 Shawwal 838H (11 May 1435), 25 Rabi` II 839H (17 November 1435).
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