Harvard Art Museums > 17.2015.6: Text folio (text recto, text verso), from a manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise Albums Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Text folio (text recto, text verso), from a manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise , 17.2015.6,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/367971. Identification and Creation Object Number 17.2015.6 Title Text folio (text recto, text verso), from a manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise Other Titles Series/Book Title: Manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise Classification Albums Work Type album folio Date dated 1877 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Qajar period Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/367971 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, colors, and gold on paper Dimensions 30 x 19.5 cm (11 13/16 x 7 11/16 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 17.2015.6 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The album has six folios in the folding or accordion format. The text is copied in large nasta`liq by the scribe Ghulam Riza for his son, Farid al-Din Muhammad Taqi al-Jayli in H. 1294 (1877). The light brown leather binding is covered with a decorated paper on the interior. Related Works 17.2015 Manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise Albums Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
