An Old Woman Implores Sultan Sanjar for Help

Description Provenance Credit

Description On this folio from Walters manuscript W.657, an old woman complains before Sultan Sanjar on horseback about feeling oppressed by his policeman.

Provenance Mundir [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression with motton on fol. 280b]; Khwand Mulla Mahdi Sahhaf-i Tabrizi, Tabriz, 1295 AH/AD 1878 [mode of acquisition unknown] [note regarding re-binding and restoration of this volume by the bookbinder on front flyleaf iia]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creators

Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209) (Author)
Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (died ca. 729 AH/AD 1328) (Author)

Period

10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid (?))

Medium

ink and pigments on tinted laid paper: cream for text area and rose or light brown for margins
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.657.13A

Measurements

H: 11 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28 x 19 cm)

Geographies

India (?) (Place of Origin)
Iran (?) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View