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Bustan Al-Saadi
(بستان السعدي)

Title	Bustan Al-Saadi
Title Original	بستان السعدي
Publication Date:	1059 AH / 1649 AD
Publication Place	Uzbekistan, Bukhara - Chester Beatty Library
Subject	Colored pigments and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	18.7 × 11 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	CBL Per 274
Record ID	object;EPM;ir;Mus21;29;ar
Library Location	Chester Beatty Library
Date	1059 AH / 1649 AD
Notes	These pages are from the Al-Bustan Edition, an educational poetic story composed of moral stories and anecdotes written in the mid-thirteenth century by the Persian poet Saadi. The manuscript was produced in Iran in 1649 for the ruler of Bukhara, Abd al-Aziz Ibn Nasr Muhammad. But the decorations that fill the margins of almost every page were added later, and, curiously, they are positioned perpendicular to the text and none of them appear to be connected to the text in any way. Some are scenes of animals (often mythical Chinese creatures) placed among plants, while other decorations are scenes of delicately drawn people engaged in various activities such as purchasing goods in the market.
Sample Text	“Bustan Al-Saadi” is part of Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;29;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: IR 29

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Bustan Al-Saadi

(بستان السعدي)

Publication Date 1059 AH / 1649 AD

Publication Place Uzbekistan, Bukhara - Chester Beatty Library

Subject Colored pigments and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 18.7 × 11 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID CBL Per 274

Record ID object;EPM;ir;Mus21;29;ar

Library Location Chester Beatty Library

Date 1059 AH / 1649 AD

Notes These pages are from the Al-Bustan Edition, an educational poetic story composed of moral stories and anecdotes written in the mid-thirteenth century by the Persian poet Saadi. The manuscript was produced in Iran in 1649 for the ruler of Bukhara, Abd al-Aziz Ibn Nasr Muhammad. But the decorations that fill the margins of almost every page were added later, and, curiously, they are positioned perpendicular to the text and none of them appear to be connected to the text in any way. Some are scenes of animals (often mythical Chinese creatures) placed among plants, while other decorations are scenes of delicately drawn people engaged in various activities such as purchasing goods in the market.

Sample Text “Bustan Al-Saadi” is part of Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;29;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: IR 29