Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: illustration and text, Muhammad converses with Nestor; recto: text, On the events of the twenty-fifth years of Muhammad's birth, his trip to Damascus and his marriage to Khadijeh Kobra

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  Inayatullah al-katib al-Shirazi

• Author

  Khwandshah (Mirkhwand)

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of a Rawdat al-safa fi sirat al-anbiya' wa-al-muluk wa-al-khulafa (Garden of purity on the lives of the prophets, kings, and caliphs) by Muhammad b. Khwandshah (known as Mirkhwand); text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; heading in gold; recto: text: On the events of the twenty-fifth years of Mohammad's birth, His trip to Damascus and his marriage to Khadija Kobra, one column, twenty-five lines; verso: illustration and text: Muhammad converses with Nestor; one of a group of twenty folios.

  Border: The painting is set in red, gold, and black rulings on a paper with landscape and animal motifs; the text is set in red, gold, and black rulings on cream-colored paper.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Origin

  Shiraz, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Name

  Inayatullah al-katib al-Shirazi, Khwandshah (Mirkhwand)

• Place

  Shiraz

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Muhammad, Art, Henri Vever collection, Rawzat al-safa, Arts of the Islamic World, History

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts