Mathnavi heading folio (replacement) from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold), first daftar (book) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)

Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) from the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami; one of nine sarlawhs from the Haft awrang (F1946.12.1verso, F1946.12.47 verso, F1946.12.70 verso, F1946.12.84 verso, F1946.12.140 verso, F1946.12.182 verso, F1946.12.200 verso, F1946.12.225 verso, F1946.12.273 verso); text: Persian in black nasta’liq script; recto: blank with inscription; verso: sarlawh (replacement folio), four columns, sixteen lines of text, one of a group of 304 folios.
Border: The text is set in multicolored rulings on a blue ground with gold floral motifs.

Historical period(s)
Mughal dynasty, 18th-19th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 34.2 x 23.2 cm (13 7/16 x 9 1/8 in)
Geography
Iran
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1946.12.1
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Manuscript
Type

Manuscript folio

Keywords
Haft awrang, illumination, India, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), nasta'liq script, poems, WWII-era provenance
Provenance

To 1946
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]

From 1946
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also, Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Hagop Kevorkian 1872-1962

Description

Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) from the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami; one of nine sarlawhs from the Haft awrang (F1946.12.1verso, F1946.12.47 verso, F1946.12.70 verso, F1946.12.84 verso, F1946.12.140 verso, F1946.12.182 verso, F1946.12.200 verso, F1946.12.225 verso, F1946.12.273 verso); text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: blank with inscription; verso: sarlawh (replacement folio), four columns, sixteen lines of text, one of a group of 304 folios.
Border: The text is set in multicolored rulings on a blue ground with gold floral motifs.

Inscription(s)

Recto: "Mula Jami."

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Collection Area(s)
Arts of the Islamic World
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