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Firdawsi (Persian, died 411-416 AH/AD 1020-1025) (Author)
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
ink and pigments on laid paper
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

This folio from Walters manuscript W.600 contains the last of 3 colophons, which has a damaged date: end of Dhu al-Hijjah 9(?)5.

Inscription

[Transliteration] tammat al-kitāb bi-'awn al-Malik al-Wahhāb fī awākhīr shahr Dhī al-Hijjah al-harām /1/ sanat khams […] tis'imi<'>ah al-hijrīyah wa-sallá Allāh 'alá /2/ khayr khalqih […] .tf (?) hqqh (?) Muhammad wa-ālih /3/ wa-ajsābih wa-'itratih ajma'īn ilá /4/ yawm al-dīn wa-sallam taslīman /5/ dāyiman kathīran /6/ abadan /7/

Provenance
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Ahmad [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression with name on fol. 1a]; Unknown owner, 1789 [mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership entry dated 12 Jumadá I 1204 AH/AD 1789 on 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: 12 13/16 x W: 7 1/2 in. (32.5 x 19 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.600.620A

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Image for Book of Kings (Shahnama)

Book of Kings (Shahnama)

Firdawsi (Persian, died 411-416 AH/AD 1020-1025)
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
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