Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: text, Muhammad performed Hajj ceremonies and warned his disciples of his death; verso: illustration and text, Muhammad performed the rites of pilgrimage with his son in law

Detached folio from a dispersed copy of a Rawdat al-safa fi sirat al-anbiya’ wa-al -muluk wa-al-khulafa (Garden of purity on the lives of the prophets, kings, and caliphs) by Muhammad b. Khwandshah (known as Mirkhwand); text: Persian in black nasta’liq script; recto: text: Muhammad performed Hajj ceremonies and warned his disciples of his death, one column, twenty-five lines; verso: illustration and text: Muhammad performed the rites of pilgrimage with his son in law; one of a group of twenty folios.
Border: The text is set in gold, red, and blue rulings on cream-colored paper, the painting is set in gold, red, and blue rulings on a paper with animal and floral motifs.