Author
Shiraz
Publication Date
1595 (1003H)
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
342 mm x 240 mm (height x width)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
Per 254.65
Library Location
Persian collection
Date
1595 (1003H)
Notes
`Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib in single combat with `Amr ibn `Abd al-Wadd, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498). Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on verso), from the Garden of purity on the lives of prophets, kings and caliphs (Rawḍat al-ṣafā fī sīrat al-anbiyā’ wa al-mulūk wa al-khulafā’), by Muḥammad Khawāndshāh ibn Maḥmūd, or Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498), volume 2 of his universal history, describes the biographies of the Prophet Muḥammad and the four Rashidun Caliphs, copied by Maḥmūd ibn Hājjī al-Jahramī, probably Shiraz, Iran, dated 24 Rajab 1003H, 4 April 1595.
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi
Nasta`liq script