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Identification and Creation

Object Number
10.2015
Title
Manuscript of Du'a-yi Davazdah Imam (The Prayer of Twelve Imams) by Khwaja Nasir al-Din Tusi, and other prayers
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript
Date
1836
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Qajar period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/352085

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, colors, and gold on paper; wooden binding
Dimensions
19 x 12 cm (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015.

Note:
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar
Object Number
10.2015
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The manuscript contains 18 folios (including two flyleaves) and opens with an illuminated sarlawh. The text is copied in large naskh, 12 lines to a page. All text folios are decorated with gold floral motifs in the margins and interlinear gilding.
The name of God is written in gold throughout the text.
The manuscript was penned by Ahmad Shamlu in 1252/1836 according to the colophon. Ahmad b. Muhammad Husayn Shamlu Mashhadi (d. 1267/1848, Mashhad) was a prolific scribe, who was also the calligraphy tutor of Fath Ali Shah’s son.

The binding is made of light brown wood with a leather spine. The covers are intricately carved with flowers, two birds and a butterfly. The inside covers are plain wood painted in golden shades.

Related Works

Verification Level

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