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An illustrated copy of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh
(نسخة مصورة من الشهنامة للفردوسي)

Title	An illustrated copy of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh
Title Original	نسخة مصورة من الشهنامة للفردوسي
Publication Date:	Dated on Friday 27 Rabi’ al-Awwal 2011 AH / 14 September 1602 AD
Publication Place	Iran, probably Isfahan - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Safavid — Ink, gold and watercolour on paper; text innasta‘liq, signed by ‘Alijan ibn Haydar Quli al-Harawi; 62 illustrations, in ink, opaque watercolour, gold and silver; 3 are signed by Kazim Quli
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	541 صفحة ، 35 × 23.8 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	MSS 544
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus21;34;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	Dated on Friday 27 Rabi’ al-Awwal 2011 AH / 14 September 1602 AD
Notes	This version of Ferdowsi's epic is richly illustrated in 62 panels, most of which extend over periods far beyond what is commonly known. In terms of style, the paintings are the work of at least four artists, but three of them were signed by Kazim Quli, but this is not recorded. According to the publisher's information on page 541a, the copying of the text was completed on September 14, 1602. No landmark is mentioned in the text, but there is a note on page 1a written by the Mughal Emperor Jangir stating that the manuscript entered the Royal Mughal Library on March 21, 1609. The manuscript remained there until at least 25 April 1686 where it underwent a number of examinations and transfer/transfer notes on pages 1a and 541b written by library officials during the rule of Emperors Jangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangabad. There is a note on page 1a with the names of three witnesses stating that the manuscript was in Shikarpur on September 10, 1739, where it was given to a person called Haji Abbas, who handed it over to Sardar Mir Afzal Khan in Kandahar.
Sample Text	“An illustrated copy of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;34;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Nahla NASSAR

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An illustrated copy of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh

(نسخة مصورة من الشهنامة للفردوسي)

Publication Date Dated on Friday 27 Rabi’ al-Awwal 2011 AH / 14 September 1602 AD

Publication Place Iran, probably Isfahan - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Subject Safavid — Ink, gold and watercolour on paper; text innasta‘liq, signed by ‘Alijan ibn Haydar Quli al-Harawi; 62 illustrations, in ink, opaque watercolour, gold and silver; 3 are signed by Kazim Quli

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 541 صفحة ، 35 × 23.8 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID MSS 544

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus21;34;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date Dated on Friday 27 Rabi’ al-Awwal 2011 AH / 14 September 1602 AD

Notes This version of Ferdowsi's epic is richly illustrated in 62 panels, most of which extend over periods far beyond what is commonly known. In terms of style, the paintings are the work of at least four artists, but three of them were signed by Kazim Quli, but this is not recorded. According to the publisher's information on page 541a, the copying of the text was completed on September 14, 1602. No landmark is mentioned in the text, but there is a note on page 1a written by the Mughal Emperor Jangir stating that the manuscript entered the Royal Mughal Library on March 21, 1609. The manuscript remained there until at least 25 April 1686 where it underwent a number of examinations and transfer/transfer notes on pages 1a and 541b written by library officials during the rule of Emperors Jangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangabad. There is a note on page 1a with the names of three witnesses stating that the manuscript was in Shikarpur on September 10, 1739, where it was given to a person called Haji Abbas, who handed it over to Sardar Mir Afzal Khan in Kandahar.

Sample Text “An illustrated copy of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;34;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Nahla NASSAR