Colophon folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold), firstdaftar (book) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)

Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) first daftar from the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami; one of eight colophons from the Haft awrang (F1946.12.46 recto, F1946.12.69 verso, F1946.12.83 verso, F1946.12.139 recto, F1946.12.181 recto, F1946.12.199 recto, F1946.12.224 verso, F1946.12.272 recto); text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: text; seal impression; gold and black inscription; gold column dividers; square panels with diagonal hemistichs and triangular verse illuminations; four columns, twenty-one lines of text; verso: blank; one of a group of 304 folios. Border: The recto is set in multicolored rulings on a cream ground with gold floral motifs. Bottom page rectangular-triangular panels: "The first book (daftar) of the Silsilat al-dhahab was written by the high order of his highness, the celebrated, the successful, the world-mastering Khusraw (a Sasanian king known for his justice) as mighty as the heavens, the just, the perfect, the virtuous Abu'l-Fath Sultan Ibrahim Mirza al-Husayni al-Safavi, by the hand of the lowly (and) lowliest of his servants Malik al-Daylami in Dhu'l-hijja the year [A.H.] 963, [A.D. October 1556] in the holy, the sublime Mashhad." To 1946 Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1] From 1946 Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2] Notes: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also, Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office. [2] See note 1. Freer Gallery of Art Collection Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016) The Seven Thrones of Jami: A Princely Manuscript from Iran (June 28, 1997 to March 29, 1998) Untitled Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, 1930 (1930) Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)