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The king takes pity on the beggar, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di.

Title	The king takes pity on the beggar, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di.
Author	Herat
Publication Date:	1427 (830H)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	249 mm x 150 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 119.9
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1427 (830H)
Notes	The king takes pity on the beggar, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di. Drinking late at night, a king sent a purse of cash and new clothing to a beggar outside his palace. The following day, the king was irritated to learn that the beggar had returned, having spent the money and sold the robe. His minister calmed him down, advising instead to provide the man with a smaller but regular allowance. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq calligraphy, with blue and gold headings, illumination panels and full-page painting (on recto), calligraphy by Ja`far al-Baysunghuri, from a manuscript dedicated to Timurid prince Baysunghur, Herat, Afghanistan, dated 830H, 1427. Sa`di (d.1290) of Shiraz is one of Iran's greatest classical poets. Pithy as well as ethical, his distinctive verses have been admired for centuries. This beautiful illustrated manuscript was produced in Herat, at the court of the Timurid prince Baysunghur (d. 1433), a renowned book-lover, art patron and bon vivant. The Persian text was copied out (and signed) by Baysunghur's head librarian, the master-calligrapher Ja`far al-Tabrizi. The illustrations and the illuminated panels are the work of several different court painters: Amir Khalil, Khwaja Ghiyathuddin, Khwaja Ata and Mawlana Shihab. Although they have not signed their work in this manuscript, a separate court document (written by Ja`far to prince Baysunghur, c. 1430) reported that these specific artists were currently finishing a copy of the Gulistan: for example Amir Khalil was completing "two sea scenes of the Gulistan", surely referring to the two such paintings in this manuscript (Per 119.15 and Per 119.29).
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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The king takes pity on the beggar, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di.

Author Herat

Publication Date 1427 (830H)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 249 mm x 150 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 119.9

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1427 (830H)

Notes The king takes pity on the beggar, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di. Drinking late at night, a king sent a purse of cash and new clothing to a beggar outside his palace. The following day, the king was irritated to learn that the beggar had returned, having spent the money and sold the robe. His minister calmed him down, advising instead to provide the man with a smaller but regular allowance. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq calligraphy, with blue and gold headings, illumination panels and full-page painting (on recto), calligraphy by Ja`far al-Baysunghuri, from a manuscript dedicated to Timurid prince Baysunghur, Herat, Afghanistan, dated 830H, 1427. Sa`di (d.1290) of Shiraz is one of Iran's greatest classical poets. Pithy as well as ethical, his distinctive verses have been admired for centuries. This beautiful illustrated manuscript was produced in Herat, at the court of the Timurid prince Baysunghur (d. 1433), a renowned book-lover, art patron and bon vivant. The Persian text was copied out (and signed) by Baysunghur's head librarian, the master-calligrapher Ja`far al-Tabrizi. The illustrations and the illuminated panels are the work of several different court painters: Amir Khalil, Khwaja Ghiyathuddin, Khwaja Ata and Mawlana Shihab. Although they have not signed their work in this manuscript, a separate court document (written by Ja`far to prince Baysunghur, c. 1430) reported that these specific artists were currently finishing a copy of the Gulistan: for example Amir Khalil was completing "two sea scenes of the Gulistan", surely referring to the two such paintings in this manuscript (Per 119.15 and Per 119.29).

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

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script