Manuscript; Darabnama (Kitab-i-Shahzada Ashk Khusrawan B. Malik Bahman B. Firuz Shah); Persian in black naskhi script; 286 folios with 1 sarlawh (folio 1 verso), 83 paintings, 1 dated colophon (folio 286 recto), 1 illegible seal (folio 286 recto) and birth statements (folio 286 verso); inscription (folio 286 recto); standard page: 1 columns, 28 lines of text. Binding: The manuscript is bound in red leather over paper pasteboards with gilt block- stamped designs on the exterior covers and doublures of paper. Fol. 286 recto: The second volume was finished by the hand of the poor sinner in need, Ibn Muhammad al-Ansari Muhammad Ja'far in the month of Shawwal in the year [A.H.] 1094 [A.D. October 1683]. Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Authors
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- 1683 (1094 A.H.)
- Dates
- 1683 (1094 A.H.)
- Format
- Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W: 35.2 x 49.2 cm (13 7/8 x 19 3/8 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S1986.484
- 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/b1cff6096074544a26dc452d5b7e67d5
