Jushan attacks Badrchir, from a Darabnama by Muhammad Beghami

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  Muhammad Amin al-Ansari Muhammad Ja'far

• Description

  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.

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1680s, 1000s

• Name

  Muhammad Amin al-Ansari Muhammad Ja'far

• Place

  India

• Topic

  Art, Animals, Henri Vever collection, Fire, Horses, Arts of the Islamic World, Heroes, Darabnama

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Naskh script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts