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The lonely poet, from Thirty Letters (Sī-nāma, or Love Letters, `Ishq-nāma) by Amīr Ḥusaynī (d. 1318)

Title	The lonely poet, from Thirty Letters (Sī-nāma, or Love Letters, `Ishq-nāma) by Amīr Ḥusaynī (d. 1318)
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 149.4
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	c. 1450, borders added c. 1540-1549
Notes	The lonely poet, from Thirty Letters (Sī-nāma, or Love Letters, `Ishq-nāma) by Amīr Ḥusaynī (d. 1318). This poem is about lovers writing to each other when they are apart, and waiting to read each other’s letters. Here the thoughtful poet sits alone in his bedroom, on a starry night. Two books lie beside him, his reed pen ready in the white inkpot. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, re-mounted in gold-painted borders, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), from Thirty Letters (Sī-nāma, also called Love Letters, `Ishq-nāma) by Amīr Ḥusaynī Fakhr al-Sādāt (d. 1318, Herat), 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 lonely poet, from Thirty Letters (Sī-nāma, or Love Letters, `Ishq-nāma) by Amīr Ḥusaynī (d. 1318)

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 149.4

Library Location Persian collection

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

Notes The lonely poet, from Thirty Letters (Sī-nāma, or Love Letters, `Ishq-nāma) by Amīr Ḥusaynī (d. 1318). This poem is about lovers writing to each other when they are apart, and waiting to read each other’s letters. Here the thoughtful poet sits alone in his bedroom, on a starry night. Two books lie beside him, his reed pen ready in the white inkpot. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, re-mounted in gold-painted borders, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), from Thirty Letters (Sī-nāma, also called Love Letters, `Ishq-nāma) by Amīr Ḥusaynī Fakhr al-Sādāt (d. 1318, Herat), 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