Author
Bukhara
Publication Date
c. 1570 (manuscript folio), c. 1616 (painting)
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
324 mm x 214 mm (height x width)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
Per 297.6
Library Location
Persian collection
Date
c. 1570 (manuscript folio), c. 1616 (painting)
Notes
Ascension of the Prophet (Mi`raj), from the Garden (Bustān) of Sa`di. The Ascension and Night Journey of the Prophet Muhammad is noted in the Qur'an, and many later writers have described and praised this mystical narrative, including the poet Sa`di. Surrounded by golden flames (to show holiness), the Prophet rides through the night sky, upon his magical steed Buraq, with a retinue of angels. His guide is the angel Jibril (Gabriel, on the upper left), who leads the Prophet on his journey to the furthest mosque (al-Masjid al-Aqsa'), to the circles of hell and heaven, and then back. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, full-page painting (on recto, attributed Muhammad Sharif), from the Garden (Bustān), by Sa`di, copied by Mir Salih al-Katib, possibly Bukhara, Uzbekistan, c. 1570, this painting one of eleven later added, for the library (kitabkhana) of Hidayat ibn Mir Mu`in al-Din Khwaja `Abd al-Rahim Juybari (d. 1628), possibly at the dynastic Sufi shrine complex of Char Bakr, Sumitan, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan, c. 1616.
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi
Nasta'liq script
