Majnun in the Desert Pleads with a Hunter to Free a Fawn, from a "Layla and Majnun" of Nizami

Nizami

Caption

Nizami. Majnun in the Desert Pleads with a Hunter to Free a Fawn, from a "Layla and Majnun" of Nizami, A.H. 24 Dhu l–Hijja 975/ January 9, 1597 C.E.. Modern leather binding, 50 folios, including 3 miniatures of Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper; binding, FOLIO: 9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.191. No known copyright restrictions

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Author

Nizami

Title

Majnun in the Desert Pleads with a Hunter to Free a Fawn, from a "Layla and Majnun" of Nizami

Date

A.H. 24 Dhu l–Hijja 975/ January 9, 1597 C.E.

Medium

Modern leather binding, 50 folios, including 3 miniatures of Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper; binding

Classification

Work on Paper

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.

Credit Line

Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

86.227.191

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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