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Six Spiritual Teachers
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts, India, Nepal, and Tibet)
This manuscript leaf, Walters W.696, depicts 6 spiritual teachers. From the lower left clockwise to the lower right the identified figures are as follows: Shah Khayali, Miyan Abu al-Ma'ali, Mulla Shah, Hazrat Miyan Shah Mir, Hazrat Mulla Khvajah, and Shah Muhammad Dilruba.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
India (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 10 1/8 x W: 7 3/4 in. (25.7 x 19.7 cm); Image H: 7 1/2 x W: 5 5/16 in. (19 x 13.5 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.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.696.A
