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MUGHAL -- LATE (c.1656-1750) |
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More examples from *IRAN* |
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A Mughal farman from 1673, in
nasta'liq script |
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An example of nasta'liq from
Aurangzeb's time: a leaf from a Shah-namah |
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A ghazal by Jami in elegant
nasta'liq, from an album, c.1680-1700, Mughal or Deccani |
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1695/6, a famous and gloriously
carved emerald with a Shi'a invocation, perhaps from the Deccan |
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A round personal seal of a Qazi,
late 1600's, probably from Ajmer |
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A gorgeously and minutely
inscribed agate talisman, from Bukhara, said to be 1600s/1700s |
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A very unusual Qur'an in the form
of a long scroll, with larger words and phrases shaped by blank spaces
in the calligraphy, early 1700's |
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A Quran leaf in naskh, with
interlinear Persian translation and commentary in nastaliq, early 1700s |
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A bazu-band or amulet for the
upper arm, with the Kalimah in the center and the Fatihah in really
remarkably minute script around the edge, early 1700s |
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A calligraphic panel in nasta'liq
within gold clouds, signed by Mehdi 'Ali Khan Hamadani, c.1700-10, from
a Mughal album |
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Leaves from a Maghrabi Qur'an by
Muhammad Murad, 1145/1732/3 |
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A calligraphic panel by the famous
Shams ud-Din of Hyderabad, c.1724-1748 |
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A nasta'liq leaf from a mss.
of "Aja'ib al-Makhluqat," India, 1700s |
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An elegant inscription in black
nasta'liq, accompanying a miniature painting of bhakti saints, from
c.1740-50 |
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A late-Mughal Qur'an page, with
lavish illumination |
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