Folio from a Tuhfat al-Ahrar by Jami (d. 1492); recto: text with illuminated border; verso: text

Object Details

• Author

  Jami (died 1492)

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Tuhfat al-ahrar (Gift of the free) from the Haftawrang (Seven thrones) by Jami; recto: In Qutb al-Tarig Ghus al- Khalayeg Khajeh Baha al-Meleh val-Din Muhammad al-Bukhari's virtue (known as naghshband, may God sanctify his heart), two columns, fourteen lines; verso: text, two columns, fourteen lines.

  Border: The recto is set in gold and blue rulings in an inner frame of gold floral scroll on a blue ground and a pink outer frame on a paper with geometric and floral motifs; the verso is set in gold and blue rulings with a gold floral scroll on cream-colored paper.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Name

  Jami

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts