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Metadata

DS ID:

DS13656

Shelfmark:

South wall 16+17 Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 102Ge

Title:

Album of miniatures and specimens of calligraphy of Indian origin

Calligraphy

Date:

between 16-- and 18--

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Material:

paper, col. ill.

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 55 leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 485 x 280 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
The album consists of 55 folios measuring 485 x 280 mm.
Origin: The signed paintings and calligraphies are attributed to Mīr ʻAlī, Sulṭān ʻAlī al-Mashhadī, Muḥammad ʻAẓīm al-Ikthīr, ʻImād al-Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad Muʻīn ʻAlī Tajallī (= Shāh Muḥammad Muʻīn ʻAlī Tajallī Chishtī, fol. 32a), Muḥammad Ibrāhīm, ʻAbd Allāh, Muḥammad ʻAlī, Muḥammad Badīʻ al-Iṣfahānī, Tajallī ʻAlī Shāh, Muḥammad Karīm, Anūp Chator (Chatar, Chitor: see Titley), Mīr Muḥammad Māh...
A letter attached to the album mentions that this was made for the Portuguese governor of India, but this is a late attribution. The document further indicates that the book belonged to the Delaney family who sold it to Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833) from the East India Company. It was then sold to Rowland Jones Esq. (1772-1856), Broom Hall, Carnarvonshire, Wales. The album was then auctioned in...

Keyword:

Erotic painting

India

Eighteenth century

Portraits

miniatures (paintings)

Seventeenth century

Calligraphy, Arabic

Manuscripts, Arabic

Art

Islamic painting

Pictures

composite portraits

Rāgamālā painting

Manuscripts, Persian

Nineteenth century

Horses

Pictorial works

Specimens

Face

Symbolism

Islamic Empire

Peafowl

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint

Artillery

New Jersey--Princeton

Courts and courtiers

India--Mughal Empire

Riddles, Persian

Birds of prey

Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707

Majnūn Laylá

Angels--Islam

Alī Ādila Śāha II, Sultan of Bijapur, 1638-1672

Shāhnāmah (Firdawsī)

Illustrated works

Animals, Mythical

Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605

Elephants

Parrots

Basmalah

Muslim saints

Niẓāmuddīn Auliyā, 1236-1325

Dragons

Nūr Jahān, Empress, consort of Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, -1645

Sea monsters

Bhil (Indic people)

Dārā Shikūh, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1615-1659

Tiger

Chishtīyah

Chand Bibi, Queen of Bijāpur, -1600

Yūsuf and Zulaykhā

Ibrāhīm ibn Adʹham, -approximately 777

Hunting

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9955570793506421

IIIF Manifest:

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Holding Institution:

Princeton University