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This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Department

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Mughal India: Studies in Honour of Robert Skelton (London:Victoria and Albert Museum, 2004), 95-110.

Ettinghausen, Richard. Paintings of the Sultans andEmperors of India in American Collections. (New Delhi:Lalit Kal Akademi, 1961), pl. 8.


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fol. 157a :Title: King Solomon enthroned in the company of demons, angels, birds, and animalsForm: Illustration

Label: This illustration is attributed to Mrz Ghulm.

fol. 184b :Title: A battle sceneForm: Illustration

Label: According to the description on fol. 1b, thisscene features Muammad Shh of India.

fol. 187a :Title: Portrait of the scribe Mr Abd Allh Ktib in thecompany of a youth burnishing paper Form: Illustration

Label: This illustration is attributed to Nnh by Stuart

C. Welch. The scribe holds a piece of paper giving hisname, the place of copying (Allhbd), and the date 27Muarram 1011 AH / 1602 CE.

Acquisition Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Binding The binding is not original.

Attributable to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE;lacquer boards (no flap); geometrical and floral design in themain panel

Bibliography Beach, Milo Cleveland. The Grand Mogul: Imperial Paintingin India, 1600-1660. (Williamstown, Mass: Sterling andFrancine Clark Art Institute, 1978), 34.

Das, Asok Kumar. Splendour of Mughal Painting. (Bombay:Vakils, Feffer, and Simons, 1986), 24, pl. III.

Losty, Jeremiah P. The Art of the Book in India. (London:British Library, 1982), 94.

Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris:Bibliothque nationale, 1989), nos. 282-3.

Seyller, John. "The Walters Art Museum Diwan of Amir Hasan Dihlawi and Salim's Atelier at Allahbad." in Arts of


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fol. 41a :Title: A game of poloForm: Illustration

Label: This illustration is identified by some scholars asinvolving Prince Salm, the future Emperor Jahngr.

fol. 48a :Title: A gathering of menForm: Illustration

Label: This illustration depicts a gathering of menadmiring the moon in the sky, including the poet, whoinstead admires the beauty of a girl on the roof.

fol. 62a :Title: Dancing SufisForm: Illustration

fol. 84b :Title: Farhd being approached by an old woman withthe false news of Shrns deathForm: Illustration


fol. 109b :Title: A hunting sceneForm: Illustration

Label: This illustration is identified by some scholars asinvolving Prince Salm, the future Emperor Jahngr.

fol. 113a :Title: A garden scene with a man (probably the poethimself) kissing the prince's feetForm: Illustration

fol. 127a :Title: A sick man being attended to by a physicianForm: Illustration


fol. 140a :Title: A prince with a flower being paid homage by his

courtiers, including the poet himself Form: Illustration


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Decoration note: Fourteen illustrations, the captionsfor which were supplied by a later hand on fol. 1b;double-page illuminated incipit (fols. 2b-3a); cloud-

bands; border with floral design

Decoration Upper board outside :Title: BindingForm: Binding

Label: This lacquer binding has fine and intricateillumination in which the main element is a pattern of gold strapwork and floral scrolls. It is attributable to thethirteenth century AH / nineteenth century CE.

fol. 2b :Title: Double-page illuminated incipitForm: Incipit; headpiece

Label: This double-page illuminated incipit is decoratedwith a headpiece, cloud-bands, and a border with floraldesign.

fol. 3a :Title: Double-page illuminated incipitForm: Incipit

Label: This double-page illuminated incipit is decoratedwith interlinear decoration and a wide border of floralmotifs.

fol. 15a :

Title: Majnn in the wilderness being counseled by hisfather to abandon his love for Layl and return homeForm: Illustration


fol. 22b :Title: The hanging of Manr al-alljForm: Illustration

fol. 32b :Title: Joseph being sold at the entrance to the bazaar Form: Illustration



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Scented Pen). However, the illustration (on the same page)gives the calligrapher as Mr Abd Allh Ktib. Mr AbdAllh was a well-known court calligrapher of the MughalEmperor Jahngr. He was the father of Muammad li(Kambh), the author of one of the major histories of

Shh Jahns reign, the Amal-i li, also known as ShhJahnnmah (The history of Shah Jahan).

Form Book

Genre Literary -- Poetry

Language The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Colophon 187a:Transliteration: katabahu [al-mudh] nib al-aqr Abd AllhMushkn Qalam /1/ [gh]afara Allh dhunbahu wa-sataraAllh uybahu /2/ sanah 1011 /3/Comment: Gives the name of the calligrapher as Abd AllhMushkn Qalam and the date 1011 AH / 1602 CE

Support material Paper

Biscuit-colored laid paper

Extent Foliation: i+189Both pagination (370 pages) and foliation (185 folios) givenin Hindu-Arabic numerals, the foliation appearing in thelower left corner of the frame

Dimensions 20.5 cm wide by 31.5 cm highWritten surface 10.5 cm wide by 20.0 cm high

Layout Columns: 2Ruled lines: 14Framing lines in blue, black, gold, and red

Contents fols. 2b - 187a:Title: Dvn-i asan

Incipit:

Hand note: Written in black nastalq script


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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.650

Descriptive Title Collection of poems (divan)

Text title Dvn-i asanVernacular:

Note: Title supplied by cataloger

Author Authority name: asan Dihlav , 1253 or 4-ca. 1338 As-written name: Amr Najm al-Dn asan Dihlav Name, in vernacular:

Note: Author dates preferred by cataloger: d. ca. 729 AH /1328 CE

Abstract This is an illuminated and illustrated Mughal copy of

a collection of poems (dvn) by the eminent poet andhagiographer of Islamic India, asan Dihlav (d. ca. 729AH / 1328 CE). It was written in nastalq script by AbdAllh Mushkn Qalam (Amber-Scented Pen) in Allhbdin 1011 AH / 1602 CE, according to the colophon on fol.187a. A celebrated royal calligrapher, Abd Allh MushknQalam worked in Allhbd for Prince Salim, who later

became the Mughal Emperor Jahngr. The manuscript openswith a double-page illuminated incipit (fols. 2b-3a) and isillustrated with fourteen paintings, including a portrait of the calligrapher himself (fol. 187a). The lacquer binding hasintricate all-over illumination in which the main element isa pattern of gold strapwork with floral motifs, attributable tothe thirteenth century AH / nineteenth century CE.

Date 27 Muarram 1011 AH / 1602 CE (see fol. 187a, illustration)

Origin Allhbd, India

Scribe As-written name: Abd Allh Mushkn Qalam Name, in vernacular:

Known as: Mir `Abd Allah Katib Note: The colophon gives the name of the calligrapher asAbd Allh Mushkn Qalam (the Musky Pen or Amber-


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