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Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209) (Author)
Yar Muhammad al-Haravi (Islamic, active ca. 922 AH/AD 1516) (Scribe)
'Abd al-Wahhab ibn 'Abd al-Fattah ibn 'Ali (Islamic, active ca. 922 AH/AD 1516) (Artist)
922 AH/AD 1516 (Safavid)
ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts, Islamic World )

This folio from Walters manucscript W.609 contains an Arabic colophon that gives the title of the work and the scribe's name.

Inscription

[Transliteration] tammat [sic] al-kitāb al-Khamsah al-mubārak bi-'awn Allāh ta'ālá wa-tabāraka /1/ 'alá yad al-'abd al-da'īf al-mudhnib al-rājī ilá rahmat Allāh /2/ al-samad al-qawī Yār Muhammad al-Harawī /3/ ghafara Allāh dhunūbahu /4/ m (= tamma) /5/

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

Muhammad Asharf ibn Muhammad Khatam al-Husayni, 1173 AH/AD 1759-1760 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fols. 1a and 401a]; Husayn …[?], 1308 AH/AD 1890-1891 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Afghanistan (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 11 7/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (29 x 17.5 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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

W.609.401A

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Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209)
922 AH/AD 1516 (Safavid)
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