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Source Description
In this colophon from Walters manuscript W.641, the scribe Sultan "Ali indicates that the manuscript was completed in 899 AH/AD 1493-1494 in the city of Herat, which is in present day Afghanistan. It reads as follows: qad faragha min taswid hdh al-kitab bi-'awn al-malik al-wahhab aqall al-'ibad /1/ Sultan 'Ali tajawaza Allah 'an sayyiaah /3/ bi-baldat Harat /4/ m [=tamma] /5/.
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Document identity
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82840
label
Illuminated Colophon
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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82840
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Illuminated Colophon
description
In this colophon from Walters manuscript W.641, the scribe Sultan "Ali indicates that the manuscript was completed in 899 AH/AD 1493-1494 in the city of Herat, which is in present day Afghanistan. It reads as follows: qad faragha min taswid hdh al-kitab bi-'awn al-malik al-wahhab aqall al-'ibad /1/ Sultan 'Ali tajawaza Allah 'an sayyiaah /3/ bi-baldat Harat /4/ m [=tamma] /5/.
provenance
Sultan 'Uthman (reigned 1027 AH/AD 1618-1031 AH/AD 1622) (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [erased waqf-seal and waqf-registration statement probably belonging to the Sultan on folio 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
899 AH/AD 1493-1494 (Timurid)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17
height
11.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 11/16 x W: 4 1/2 in. (17 x 11.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic; Persian
inscriptions
[Transliteration] qad faragha min taswīd h<ā>dh<ā> al-kitāb bi-'awn al-malik al-wahhāb aqall al-'ibād /1/ Sultān 'Alī tajāwaza Allāh 'an sayyiā<'>ātih fī shuhūr /2/ sanat tis' wa-tis'īn wa-thamānimi<'>ah /3/ bi-baldat Harāt /4/ m [=tamma] /5/
dynasty
Timurid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on thick, well-polished, off-white paper
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16856
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ISL
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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5d15ab62074c73bc