Composite page of calligraphy

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  'Amid al-Mulk al-Husayni (Islamic)

  Mir Husayn al-Husayni

  Abdul-Khaliq

• Description

  Detached album folio; composite page of calligraphy; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; four calligraphic panel with poetry, one panel contains a quatrain from the Divan of Hafiz; corners embellished with triangular illuminated panels; panels are signed by Abdul-Khaliq, Muhammad Qasim al-Husayni, and Mir Husayn al-Husayni.

  Border: The text panels are set in gold, red and blue rulings mounted on marbled, gold-sprinkled paperboard.

• Inscriptions

  Bottom right, triangular illuminated panel: "written by the sinful slave Abdul-Khaliq, God forgive his sins [A.H.] 964, [A.D. 1557]."

  Bottom page: "poor Muhammad Qasim al-Husayni."

  Bottom page: "poor Muhammad Qasim al-Husayni."

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  Visual Poetry: Paintings and Drawings from Iran (December 16, 2001 to May 5, 2004)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Calligraphy

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  'Amid al-Mulk al-Husayni, Mir Husayn al-Husayni, Abdul-Khaliq

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, Henri Vever collection, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)