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Manuscript
Five poems (quintet)
Text title
Vernacular: Ø®Ù Ø³Ù ÙØ¸Ø§Ù Ù
Author
Authority name: NiáºÄmÄ« GanjavÄ«, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3
Supplied name: IlyÄs ibn YÅ«suf NiáºÄmÄ« GanjavÄ«
Name, in vernacular: اÙÙØ§Ø³ ب٠ÙÙØ³Ù ÙØ¸Ø§Ù Ù Ú¯ÙØ¬ÙÙ
Note: Author dates preferred by cataloger: d. 605 AH / 1209 CE
Abstract
This is a fragment of one of the most important illustrated manuscripts produced for the Mughal emperor Akbar: a copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of NiáºÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d. 605 AH / 1209 CE) copied by the royal scribe Ê¿Abd al-Raḥīm Ê¿AmbarÄ«n Qalam in the fortieth year of Akbar's reign (1004 AH / 1595 CE). It was most likely executed in Lahore. The larger portion of the manuscript, preserved with the colophon, date, and scribeâs name, is housed in the British Library (Or. MS 12208). The Walters fragment contains parts of Khusraw va ShÄ«rÄ«n and IskandarnÄmah, with five illustrations. The illustrations bear ascriptions to court artists as well as running numbers from 1 to 44. The Walters folios are inscribed with the following names: SÄnvlah, NÄnhÄ, ShÄ«vdÄs, Dharm DÄs, and BÄ«m GujarÄtÄ«.
Date
[24 Aáºar 40th year of Akbarâs reign / 1595 CE] as given in BL Or. MS 12208
Origin
Probably Lahore (present-day Pakistan)
Artist
As-written name: SÄnvlah
Name, in vernacular: ساÙÙÙÙ
Artist
As-written name: NÄnhÄ
Name, in vernacular: ÙØ§ÙÙØ§
Artist
As-written name: ShÄ«vdÄs
Name, in vernacular: Ø´ÙÙØ¯Ø§Ø³
Artist
As-written name: Dharm DÄs
Name, in vernacular: Ø¯ÙØ±Ù داس
Artist
As-written name: BÄ«m GujarÄtÄ«
Name, in vernacular: بÙÙ ÙØ¬Ø±Ø§ØªÙ
Scribe
Supplied name: ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ʿAmbarīn Qalam
Name, in vernacular: عبد Ø§ÙØ±ØÙ٠ع٠برÙÙ ÙÙÙ
Note: Name of scribe given in two colophons in the British Library fragment Or. MS 12208 (see bibliography)
Language:
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Support material
Paper
Light brown paper; later outer margins in various colors
Extent
Foliation: vii+39+vii
Hindu-Arabic numerals inscribed in the middle of the upper margins just above the frame
Collation
Catchwords: Written on versos in the illuminated border
Comments:
Dimensions
21.5 cm wide by 34.0 cm high
Written surface
10.5 cm wide by 19.5 cm high
Layout
Contents:
fols. 1a - 39b:Decoration:
Upper board outside:
fol. 1a:
fol. 5a:
fol. 16b:
fol. 17a:
fol. 26b:
fol. 34a:
Binding
The binding is not original.
Lacquer boards with floral motifs in the main panel
Acquisition
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest"
Bibliography
Original description: Welch, S.C. âThe Emperor Akbarâs Khamsa of NiáºÄmÄ«.â Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 23 (1960): 87-96.
See also, Storey, C. A. Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey, Vol. 1/2. (London: Luzac; Leiden: E.J. Brill; London: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1994), 438-495.
For the description of British Library Or. MS 12208, see Brend, Barbara. The Emperor Akbar's Khamsa of Nizami. London: British Library, 1995.
Contributors
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita
Copy editor: Bockrath, Diane
Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail
Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara
Publisher
The Walters Art Museum
License
Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.
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