Majnun in the Desert Pleads with a Hunter to Free a Fawn, from a "Layla and Majnun" of Nizami
Arts of the Islamic World
MEDIUM
Modern leather binding, 50 folios, including 3 miniatures of Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper; binding
DATES
A.H. 24 Dhu l–Hijja 975/ January 9, 1597 C.E.
DIMENSIONS
FOLIO: 9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.
INSCRIPTIONS
The Urdu inscription on the flyleaf describes the manuscript's recent provenance as follows: Given to me by Muh[ammad] Ali [sic] Khan Arif Aghai, a jagudar of the Hyderabad State and Assistant Vazir in the Nazm-i Jamiat at Hyderabad, on the occasion of the coronation of His Majesty the King Emperor, in token of his loyalty and respect." The English inscription is signed by Lord Harding, Viceroy of India, and dated July 1911.
ACCESSION NUMBER
86.227.191
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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