Left-hand half of a double-page calligraphy

Object Details

• Description

  Folio from double-page calligraphy; left-hand half of double page calligraphy, couplets of poem; facing folio (s1986.95.1); text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; signed by Imad; inscription on the top right corner; one of a group of 2 folios.

  Border: Text is set in a blue inner frame with a gold floral scroll, a red gold leaf scroll, and a black outer frame with floral motifs.

• Inscriptions

  Top right corner: "He [God] is the all-effulgent." Text: "Felicitous and happy emperor,/ Shadow of God, sun of justice and religion,/ by the water of whose equity the face of the earth is a garden,/ When the fame of his fortune reaches its end/ he will have subdues the east and the west, Sahibqiran II Shahjahan." Last line unclear, only "Imâd" at end can be read. Left side: "If reason needs clear proof/ it is Dawlatabad and the conquest of Kandahar."

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Origin

  India

• 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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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1600s

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Henri Vever collection, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)