- Provenance
- Provenance research underway.
- Description
-
Folio from double-page calligraphy; left-hand half of double page calligraphy, couplets of poem; facing folio (s1986.95.1); text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; signed by Imad; inscription on the top right corner; one of a group of 2 folios.
Border: Text is set in a blue inner frame with a gold floral scroll, a red gold leaf scroll, and a black outer frame with floral motifs.
- Inscription(s)
-
Top right corner: "He [God] is the all-effulgent." Text: "Felicitous and happy emperor,/ Shadow of God, sun of justice and religion,/ by the water of whose equity the face of the earth is a garden,/ When the fame of his fortune reaches its end/ he will have subdues the east and the west, Sahibqiran II Shahjahan." Last line unclear, only "Imâd" at end can be read. Left side: "If reason needs clear proof/ it is Dawlatabad and the conquest of Kandahar."
- Published References
-
- Glenn D. Lowry, Milo Cleveland Beach, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Susan Nemanzee, Janet Snyder. An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 455, p. 364.
- Collection Area(s)
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- SI Usage Statement
-
Usage Conditions Apply
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.
-
CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)
This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.
Usage Conditions Apply
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.
To Download
Chrome users: right click on icon, select "save link as..."
Internet Explorer users: right click on icon, select "save target as..."
Mozilla Firefox users: right click on icon, select "save link as..."
International Image Interoperability Framework
FS-6976_05