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Hafiz (Persian, flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th century) (Author)
958 AH/AD 1552 (Safavid)
ink and pigments on buff and rose-tinted laid paper
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

This folio from Walters manuscript W.629 contains a colophon in Arabic that gives the date of copying.

Inscription

[Transliteration] tammat [sic] al-kitāb bi 'awn Allāh al-malik al-wahhāb wa-husn tawfīqih wa /1/ al-sal<ā>h wa-al-salām 'alá Muhammad wa ālih ajma'īn wa-sallama taslīman /2/ dāyiman abadan kathīran fī ta<'>rīkh shahr /3/ Shawwāl sanat tis' wa-khamsīn /4/ wa-tis'imi<'>ah al-hijrīyah /5/ al-mustafawīyah /6/ tamma /7/

Provenance
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Mustafá Pasha Vali-i Iskandariyah, prior to 1231 [mode of acquisition unknown] [dated 1231, see fol. 1a]; Hasan Haqqi, 1285 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 1a]; Hasan Haqqi Vali-i Salanik, 1303 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 8 1/16 x W: 4 3/4 in. (20.5 x 12 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.629.200A

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Collection of Poems (divan)

Hafiz (Persian, flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th century)
958 AH/AD 1552 (Safavid)
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