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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.647 contains a colophon that gives the date, place, and names of the scribe and patron.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83859
label
Colophon
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obj
dtoType
object
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1
Source metadata
id
83859
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Colophon
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.647 contains a colophon that gives the date, place, and names of the scribe and patron.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1190 AH/AD 1776
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
16
height
10.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 5/16 x W: 4 1/8 in. (16 x 10.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] bi-tārīkh-i chahārdahum-i shahr-i Safar al-muzaffar sanah-i yakhazār va-yaksad va-navad dar rūz-i Panjshanbah tārīkh-i [?] sadr /1/ bi-vaqt-i pīshīn dar bilād-i Kashmīr jannat-nazīr dar 'ahd-i Navāb Amīr Khān bi-jihat-i [?] 'ālījāh /2/ Badal Khānsāhib hasba al-amr bi-dastkhatt-i ahqar al-'ibād Muhammad Mīrak ghafara Allāh zanbahu[?] bi-itmām rasīdah shud /3/
reign
Navab Amir Khan
med
ink and pigments on laid paper, probably Kashmiri
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15674
19306
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MIS
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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