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The prince enjoys an evening gathering, from the Book of Separation (Firāq-nāma) by Salmān Sāvajī (d. 1376)

Title	The prince enjoys an evening gathering, from the Book of Separation (Firāq-nāma) by Salmān Sāvajī (d. 1376)
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 149.78
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	c. 1450, borders added c. 1540-1549
Notes	The prince enjoys an evening gathering, from the Book of Separation (Firāq-nāma) by Salmān Sāvajī (d. 1376) A young man sits in a red pavilion at night, in a dark garden of flowering trees. Servants wait on him, bringing wine and playing music, while light is provided by a row of tall candles and by small oil lamps floating in the pool. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, re-mounted in gold-painted borders, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), from the Book of Separation (Firāq-nāma) by Salmān Sāvajī (d. 1376), 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), painting inscribed Sulṭān `Alī (on the low table holding wine bottles, identifiable as the artist Sulṭān `Alī al-Bāvardī), probably produced in Herat, Afghanistan, c. 1450, with replacement borders added 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 prince enjoys an evening gathering, from the Book of Separation (Firāq-nāma) by Salmān Sāvajī (d. 1376)

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 149.78

Library Location Persian collection

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

Notes The prince enjoys an evening gathering, from the Book of Separation (Firāq-nāma) by Salmān Sāvajī (d. 1376) A young man sits in a red pavilion at night, in a dark garden of flowering trees. Servants wait on him, bringing wine and playing music, while light is provided by a row of tall candles and by small oil lamps floating in the pool. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, re-mounted in gold-painted borders, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), from the Book of Separation (Firāq-nāma) by Salmān Sāvajī (d. 1376), 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), painting inscribed Sulṭān `Alī (on the low table holding wine bottles, identifiable as the artist Sulṭān `Alī al-Bāvardī), probably produced in Herat, Afghanistan, c. 1450, with replacement borders added Bukhara, Uzbekistan, c. 1540-1549.

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

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta`liq script