Harvard Art Museums > 15.2015.293: Folio with rulings; quatrain in a later hand (blank recto; text verso of folio 293), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Folio with rulings; quatrain in a later hand (blank recto; text verso of folio 293), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i , 15.2015.293,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/369273. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 15.2015.293 Title Folio with rulings; quatrain in a later hand (blank recto; text verso of folio 293), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i Other Titles Series/Book Title: Manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi (Forty Hadith) by Baha’ al-Din Muhammad al-Amuli (Shaykh Baha’i) Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript folio Date dated 1658 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Safavid period Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/369273 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, colors, and gold on paper Dimensions 28 x 15 cm (11 x 5 7/8 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 15.2015.293 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 manuscript opens with an illuminated sarlawh. The frontispiece exhibits decorated margins bearing floral drawings in gold and text panels with interlinear gilding. The text is copied in nastaʿlīq and 19 lines to a page. The colophon provides the date Zu’l-ḥijja 1068/September 1658, and the name of the scribe Muhammad Baqir b. Mulla Rahimi al-Lahiji, a resident of Kasma. The reverse of the page provides the same date Zu’l-ḥijja 1068 (September 1658) and states that the manuscript was commissioned by Allah Quli Bika (1019–1079/1610–1669). The significance of this manuscript according to the scribe is that this copy was collated against the original copy in the hand of the author, Shaykh Baha’i. The manuscript is bound in a brown leather binding with gilt-stamped center and corner pieces. Related Works 15.2015 Manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi (Forty Hadith) by Baha’ al-Din Muhammad al-Amuli (Shaykh Baha’i) Manuscripts 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
