Detached album folio; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; obverse: Emperor Aurangzeb, inscription on the margin reads: Alamgir Padishah; reverse: calligraphic panel, couplets of poem, signed and dated by Muhammad Qasim. Border: Obverse is set in gold and blue rulings surrounded by a geometrical interlace scroll mounted on dark red, gold-sprinkled paperboard; reverse is set in gold and blue rulings followed by a foliate scroll, mounted on dark red, gold-sprinkled paperboard. S1986.420 reverse, text (quatrain, in Persian): Yâr âmad u guft khasta mîdâr dilat/ dâyim ba umîd basta mîdâr dilat/ Mârâ ba shikastagân nazarhâ bâshad/ mârâ khwâhî shikasta mîdâr dilat. "My beloved came and said, "Keep your heart wounded/ always keep your heart bound to hope/ our gaze [of favor] is upon the defeated/ If you desire us, keep your heart broken." Top right corner: huwa 'l-'aziz "He [God] is the omnipotent. Bottom left corner: mashshaqahu al-faqîr Muhhamad Qâsim saneh 1028. "Written by the poor Muhammed Qasim in the year [A.H. 1028] A.D. [1619]. Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- 1619 (1028 A.H.)
- Dates
- 1619 (1028 A.H.)
- Format
- Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W: 29.6 x 20.1 cm (11 5/8 x 7 15/16 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S1986.420
- Rights
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/568cdbe5c25a8c525d0e17e5318fd958
