Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Suhayli (d. 1501-2)

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  Sultan Ali b. Muhammad al-Mashhadi

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Divan (collected poems) by Amir Nizam al-Din Shaykh Ahmad Suhayli ; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: flyleaf with the name of the scribe and the date; obliterated seals; verso: sarlawh, two columns, seven lines of text.

  Border: The text is set in gold, red and blue rulings on an orange colored, gold-sprinkled paper.

• Inscriptions

  Flyleaf: "Divan of Suhayli, the writing of Sultan-Ali Mashhadi, large size paper, thirty pieces of borders in dawlatabadi paper, 42 leaves of paper, polychrome and marbleized, gilded with a leather cover...covered in gold, the writing of Sultan-Ali Mashhadi, inspected on the 16th of the month of Jumada II, in the year [A.H.] 1105 [A.D. June 29, 1694]; On 29 Dhu'l-Qa'da in the year [A.H.] 1117 [A.D. April 25, 1705] inspected."

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Origin

  Herat, Afghanistan

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Name

  Sultan Ali b. Muhammad al-Mashhadi

• Place

  Herat

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, Timurid period (1378 - 1506), Henri Vever collection, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Poetry

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts