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Walters Ms. W.912, Single leaf of Shah Sarmad and Prince Dara Shikoh

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Walters Ms. W.912, Single leaf of Shah Sarmad and Prince Dara Shikoh

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Manuscript

Single leaf of Shah Sarmad and Prince Dara Shikoh


Text title

Shah Sarmad and Prince Dara Shikoh


Abstract

According to inscriptions written in nastaʿlīq script, this painting depicts the Mughal prince Dārā Shikōh (b. 1024 AH / 1615 CE) and the holy man Shāh Sarma seated under a tree. Behind the wise man stands an attendant with a peacock-feather fan. A celebrated scholar, sufi, and ruler, Dārā Shikōh was the eldest son of Shāh Jahān. On the back is a page of calligraphy signed with the epithet Jawāhir raqam. There are wide polychrome and illuminated borders on both sides of the leaf.


Date

12th century AH / 18th CE





Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.


Support material

Paper

Mounted on pasteboard


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

24.3 cm wide by 43.5 cm high


Layout

  1. Image: 14.0 cm wide by 20.0 cm high

Contents:

fols. W.912a - W.912b:
  1. Title: Shah Sarmad and Prince Dara Shikoh
  2. Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script in black
  3. Decoration note: Polychrome and illuminated borders

Decoration:

fol. W.912a:

  2. Title: Shah Sarmad and Prince Dara Shikoh
  3. Form: Painting
  4. Label: According to inscriptions written in nastaʿlīq script, this painting depicts the Mughal prince Dārā Shikōh (b. 1024 AH / 1615 CE) and the holy man Shāh Sarma seated under a tree. Behind the wise man stands an attendant with a peacock-feather fan. A celebrated scholar, sufi, and ruler, Dārā Shikōh was the eldest son of Shāh Jahān.

fol. W.912b:

  2. Title: Calligraphy page
  3. Form: Calligraphy page
  4. Label: This calligraphy page is signed with the epithet Jawāhir raqam.

Acquisition

Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2002


Bibliography

Pal, Pratapaditya. Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Foundation. (London: Phillip Wilson, 2001), 158-9.


Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

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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