Author Original
Firdawsī, creator
Khalīl Allāh Haftʻqalamī, active 1720, calligrapher.
خليل الله هفت قلمي،, active 1720
ʻAbd al-Salām Kashmīrī, active 1720, painter.
ʻAbd al-Karīm Kashmīrī, active 1720, painter.
Sayyidʻzādah ʻIṣmat Allāh Khān, recipient.
Frye, Richard N
Publication Place
Pakistan -
Subject
Rustam (Iranian mythology)
Rustam (Iranian mythology)--Pictorial works
Persian literature
Epic literature, Persian
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
1 v. (405 leaves) in box : ill. ; 36 cm.
Library
Harvard University | CURIOSity Collections
Record ID
990114893240203941
Library Location
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Notes
Written in a professional taʻlīq script in black ink, rubricated in red, 20 lines per page in 4 gold-ruled columns. Contains 115 miniatures portraying various scenes from the poem.
Written by the professional calligrapher Khalīl Allāh Haftʻqalamī probably in Lahore in 1131-1134 [1718-1722] (ff. 1r, 201v, 203r, 403r). Last miniature is signed by ʻAbd al-Salām and ʻAbd al-Karīm, residents of Kashmīr, Rajab 1134 [1722] (f. 398v).
The ms is prepared for Sayyidʻzādah ʻIṣmat Allāh Khān (f. 201r).
Bound in brown leather with onlays and tooling, gilt, rebacked.
In Persian.
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Pictorial works
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MS Persian 78. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
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