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Illuminated Colophon

'Ali ibn Abi Talib (died 40 AH/AD 661) (Author)

Kamal ibn `Abd al-Haqq al-Sabzawari (Iranian, died after 1558) (Scribe)

Kamal ibn `Abd al-Haqq al-Sabzawari (Iranian, died after 1558) (Illuminator)

941 AH/AD 1534

ink and pigments on laid paper
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

This folio from Walters manuscript W.579 contains this illuminated colophon, written in Tawqi'/Riqa' script in gold ink, it is stated that Shaykh Kamal ibn "Abd al-Haqq al-Sabzawari completed the manuscript at Astarabad in 941 AH/AD 1534.

Inscription

[Transliteration] tammat al-da'wāt al-mubārakāt /1/ bi-hamdi Allāhi ta'ālá wa-mannihi al-karīm /2/ 'alá al-yadi al-'abd al-mudhnib al-rājī ilá rahmati Allāh al-maliki /3/ al-rahīm al-bārī shaykh Kamāl ibn 'Abd al-Haqq al-Sabzawārī /4/ tajāwaza Allāhu 'an sayyi'atihimā bi-baldah tayyibah Ustarābād [sic] hummiyat /5/ 'an al-afāti wa-al-balīyāti fī shuhūr sanat ihdá wa-/6/ arba'īn wa-tis'imi'atin min al-hijrah muharriruhā wa-mudhahhibuhā wa-kātibuhā /7/

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

Vizier al-Shahid 'Ali Pasha, ca. 1130 AH/AD 1717 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown] [waqf-seal impression of the Vizier dated 1130 AH/AD 1717 with the original shelf mark 1414 on fols. 2a, 2b, and 3a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Iran, Gorgan (Astarabad) (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 1/2 in. (23.5 x 16.5 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.579.8B

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Parent Object

Prayer Book

'Ali ibn Abi Talib (died 40 AH/AD 661)

941 AH/AD 1534

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Illuminated Colophon

Inscription

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Illuminated Colophon

Inscription

Provenance Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Geographies

Measurements

Credit Line

Location in Museum

Accession Number In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

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Parent Object

Prayer Book

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

Accession Number

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