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The lover reads his letter delivered by the older woman, from Ten Letters (Dah-nāma) by Awḥadī Marāgha’ī (d. 1338)

Title	The lover reads his letter delivered by the older woman, from Ten Letters (Dah-nāma) by Awḥadī Marāgha’ī (d. 1338)
Publication Date:	c. 1450, borders added c. 1540-1549
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	162 mm x 104 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 149.58
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	c. 1450, borders added c. 1540-1549
Notes	The lover reads his letter delivered by the older woman, from Ten Letters (Dah-nāma) by Awḥadī Marāgha’ī (d. 1338) The young man sits beside the older woman in the courtyard, eagerly reading the letter she has just brought him from his beloved. Around them is a lively household scene, of interested watching women, children, busy servants, and a gardener with his spade. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, re-mounted in gold-painted pale pink borders, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), from Ten Letters (Dah-nāma) by Rukn al-Dīn Awḥadī Marāgha’ī Isfahānī (d. 1338, Maragha), from a collection (majmū`a) of Persian poetry, dedicated to Timurid ruler Abū Sa`īd (r. 1451-69), decorated borders added later by order of Shaybanid ruler `Abd al-Azīz (r. 1540-1549), probably produced in Herat, Afghanistan, c. 1450, with borders added in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, c. 1540-1549.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta`liq script

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The lover reads his letter delivered by the older woman, from Ten Letters (Dah-nāma) by Awḥadī Marāgha’ī (d. 1338)

Publication Date c. 1450, borders added c. 1540-1549

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 162 mm x 104 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 149.58

Library Location Persian collection

Date c. 1450, borders added c. 1540-1549

Notes The lover reads his letter delivered by the older woman, from Ten Letters (Dah-nāma) by Awḥadī Marāgha’ī (d. 1338) The young man sits beside the older woman in the courtyard, eagerly reading the letter she has just brought him from his beloved. Around them is a lively household scene, of interested watching women, children, busy servants, and a gardener with his spade. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, re-mounted in gold-painted pale pink borders, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), from Ten Letters (Dah-nāma) by Rukn al-Dīn Awḥadī Marāgha’ī Isfahānī (d. 1338, Maragha), from a collection (majmū`a) of Persian poetry, dedicated to Timurid ruler Abū Sa`īd (r. 1451-69), decorated borders added later by order of Shaybanid ruler `Abd al-Azīz (r. 1540-1549), probably produced in Herat, Afghanistan, c. 1450, with borders added in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, c. 1540-1549.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta`liq script