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Diwan Shahi (“Collected Poems by Shahi”)
(ديوان شاهِي مجموعة قصائد لشاهي)

Title	Diwan Shahi (“Collected Poems by Shahi”)
Title Original	ديوان شاهِي مجموعة قصائد لشاهي
Author	Abdul Ghani illustrated the cover as well as pages 1b-2a and page 18a
Author Original	عبد الواحدالرقم المتحفي للقطعة مواد وتقنيات صنع القطعةحبر أزرق وأخضر وذهبي على ورق أبيض رقيق خط نستعليق بخط عربي من سطراً في الصفحة صفحتان مزخرفتان، و لوحات مصغرةأبعاد القطعة مم مم، ورقةالفترةالأسرة الحاكمةالعثمانيممكان صنع القطعة أو العثور عليها إسطنبولتجليدالغلاف المزخرف باللكر لهذه المخطوطة يُعد عملًا فنيًا بحد ذاته تم تنفيذه بأسلوب شيرازي، ويحتوي على مشاهد فنية من البلاط مرسومة على الغلاف الأمامي والخلفي أما بطانة المخطوطة الدوبلورة فهي مزخرفة بوسيط محاط بزخارف نباتية، مرسوم بالذهب ب
Publication Date:	Circa 926-936 AH / 1520-1530 AD
Publication Place	Istanbul - Austrian National Library
Subject	Blue, green and gold ink on thin white paper. Nasta'liq font in Arabic script, 11 lines per page. 2 illuminated pages, 5 miniature plates.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	204 × 128 مم (120 × 60 مم)، 60 ورقة
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	Mixt. 399
Record ID	object;EPM;at;Mus24;34;ar
Library Location	Austrian National Library
Date	Circa 926-936 AH / 1520-1530 AD
Notes	This manuscript is a collection of poems by the poet Amir Shahi Sabzawari. Amir Shahi Sabzawari, also known as Shahi, was a poet and calligrapher in the court of Prince Baysungur in Herat. Shahi died in 857 AH / 1453 AD. The manuscript contains 60 pages in total, five of which are illuminated. According to the Naskh Seal, the copyist of this manuscript was Abd al-Wahid. Some pages have been signed by its illustrator, Abdul Ghani, who is also responsible for the striking lacquered cover. Based on an image on the first page resembling Sultan Suleiman I, the manuscript must have been completed during his reign between 926-936 AH / 1520-1530 AD. The manuscript was part of the collection of Polish orientalist Waławski Jewowski until his death in 1831 AD, when the manuscript was purchased for the Imperial Court Library in Vienna.
Sample Text	Leonie Fernsebner “Diwan Shahi (“Collected Poems by Shahi”)” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus24;34;ar
Cilt	The richly decorated lacquer binding on this manuscript is an artwork in itself. Executed in the Shirazi style, this binding has courtly scenes painted on its front and back cover. The doublures of the manuscript are decorated with a medallion surrounded by floral ornaments, painted in two kinds of gold on a black background.The front cover depicts a group of men set in an outdoor scene. The men in the upper half of the painting are wearing Ottoman turbans, while some men on the lower half are wearing head gear that look like a mixture of the hats theJanissarieswore and those thesilahdarswore. As theJanissarieswere part of the elite infantry of the Ottoman army andsilahdarswere close aides of the Ottoman sultans it can be assumed that the binding was in fact manufactured within the realms of the Ottoman Empire.Additionally, Duda notes that the man in the middle of the front cover and the man sitting on a throne on the back cover have similarities with formal portraits of Sultan Selim I. She consequently advocates that at least the binding must have been commissioned during the reign of Selim I.
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Leonie FERNSEBNER
Seçili bibliyografya	Duda, Dorothea,Islamische Handschriften I. Persische Handschriften, Die illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, vol. 4, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1983: 185-187.Duda, Dorothea, "Islamische Lackeinbände - ihre künstlerische Entwicklung und ihr Verhältnis zum Buch als Gesamtkunstwerk",Journal of Turkish Studies, 26 : I (2002), 163-203.

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Diwan Shahi (“Collected Poems by Shahi”)

(ديوان شاهِي مجموعة قصائد لشاهي)

Author Abdul Ghani illustrated the cover as well as pages 1b-2a and page 18a

Author Original عبد الواحدالرقم المتحفي للقطعة مواد وتقنيات صنع القطعةحبر أزرق وأخضر وذهبي على ورق أبيض رقيق خط نستعليق بخط عربي من سطراً في الصفحة صفحتان مزخرفتان، و لوحات مصغرةأبعاد القطعة مم مم، ورقةالفترةالأسرة الحاكمةالعثمانيممكان صنع القطعة أو العثور عليها إسطنبولتجليدالغلاف المزخرف باللكر لهذه المخطوطة يُعد عملًا فنيًا بحد ذاته تم تنفيذه بأسلوب شيرازي، ويحتوي على مشاهد فنية من البلاط مرسومة على الغلاف الأمامي والخلفي أما بطانة المخطوطة الدوبلورة فهي مزخرفة بوسيط محاط بزخارف نباتية، مرسوم بالذهب ب

Publication Date Circa 926-936 AH / 1520-1530 AD

Publication Place Istanbul - Austrian National Library

Subject Blue, green and gold ink on thin white paper. Nasta'liq font in Arabic script, 11 lines per page. 2 illuminated pages, 5 miniature plates.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 204 × 128 مم (120 × 60 مم)، 60 ورقة

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID Mixt. 399

Record ID object;EPM;at;Mus24;34;ar

Library Location Austrian National Library

Date Circa 926-936 AH / 1520-1530 AD

Notes This manuscript is a collection of poems by the poet Amir Shahi Sabzawari. Amir Shahi Sabzawari, also known as Shahi, was a poet and calligrapher in the court of Prince Baysungur in Herat. Shahi died in 857 AH / 1453 AD. The manuscript contains 60 pages in total, five of which are illuminated. According to the Naskh Seal, the copyist of this manuscript was Abd al-Wahid. Some pages have been signed by its illustrator, Abdul Ghani, who is also responsible for the striking lacquered cover. Based on an image on the first page resembling Sultan Suleiman I, the manuscript must have been completed during his reign between 926-936 AH / 1520-1530 AD. The manuscript was part of the collection of Polish orientalist Waławski Jewowski until his death in 1831 AD, when the manuscript was purchased for the Imperial Court Library in Vienna.

Sample Text Leonie Fernsebner “Diwan Shahi (“Collected Poems by Shahi”)” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus24;34;ar

Cilt The richly decorated lacquer binding on this manuscript is an artwork in itself. Executed in the Shirazi style, this binding has courtly scenes painted on its front and back cover. The doublures of the manuscript are decorated with a medallion surrounded by floral ornaments, painted in two kinds of gold on a black background.The front cover depicts a group of men set in an outdoor scene. The men in the upper half of the painting are wearing Ottoman turbans, while some men on the lower half are wearing head gear that look like a mixture of the hats theJanissarieswore and those thesilahdarswore. As theJanissarieswere part of the elite infantry of the Ottoman army andsilahdarswere close aides of the Ottoman sultans it can be assumed that the binding was in fact manufactured within the realms of the Ottoman Empire.Additionally, Duda notes that the man in the middle of the front cover and the man sitting on a throne on the back cover have similarities with formal portraits of Sultan Selim I. She consequently advocates that at least the binding must have been commissioned during the reign of Selim I.

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Leonie FERNSEBNER

Seçili bibliyografya Duda, Dorothea,Islamische Handschriften I. Persische Handschriften, Die illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, vol. 4, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1983: 185-187.Duda, Dorothea, "Islamische Lackeinbände - ihre künstlerische Entwicklung und ihr Verhältnis zum Buch als Gesamtkunstwerk",Journal of Turkish Studies, 26 : I (2002), 163-203.