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`Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib wrenches the door from the fortress of Qamūṣ, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498)

Title	`Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib wrenches the door from the fortress of Qamūṣ, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498)
Author	Shiraz
Publication Date:	1595 (1003H)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	342 mm x 245 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 254.77
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1595 (1003H)
Notes	`Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib wrenches the door from the fortress of Qamūṣ, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498). Mīr Khwānd describes the early conquests of the Muslims, including this victory over the Jewish fortress of Qamūṣ, which concluded the battle of Khaybar in 628. The Prophet Muḥammad watches from the right, as his son-in-law `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib pulls the door from the fortress, and uses it as a shield. 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

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`Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib wrenches the door from the fortress of Qamūṣ, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498)

Author Shiraz

Publication Date 1595 (1003H)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 342 mm x 245 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 254.77

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1595 (1003H)

Notes `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib wrenches the door from the fortress of Qamūṣ, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498). Mīr Khwānd describes the early conquests of the Muslims, including this victory over the Jewish fortress of Qamūṣ, which concluded the battle of Khaybar in 628. The Prophet Muḥammad watches from the right, as his son-in-law `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib pulls the door from the fortress, and uses it as a shield. 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