Portrait of the Scribe Mir 'Abd Allah Katib in the Company of a Youth Burnishing Paper

Description This illustration from Walters manuscript W.650 is attributed to Nanha by Stuart C. Welch. The scribe holds a piece of paper giving his name, the place of copying (Allahabad), and the date 27 Muharram 1011 AH/AD 1602.

Exhibitions

• Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985.
• Pearls of the Parrot of India: The Emperor Akbar's Illustrated "Khamsa," 1597-1598. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2005-2006.
• The Saint John's Bible: A Modern Vision through Medieval Methods. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2009.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Transliteration] katabahu [al-mudh] nib al-haqīr 'Abd Allāh Mushkīn Qalam /1/ [gh]afara Allāh dhunūbahu wa-satara Allāh 'uyūbahu /2/ sanah 1011 /3/

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters