URDU (some special examples) | |
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An example (1844) of the formal calligraphy of Bahadur Shah 'Zafar', the last Mughal emperor |
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An illuminated leaf from the divan of Vajid Ali Shah of Avadh, 1856 |
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A look at courtly correspondence styles from the late 1800's |
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Queen Victoria's Urdu handwriting, from her diary, 1892 |
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A printed poem about the outbreak of World War I, by Durga Prasad "Nadir," published in a handsomely calligraphed printed pamphlet |
CALLIGRAPHY BY 'ADIL MANSURI | |
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'Adil Mansuri's calligraphy drafts for "Nets of Awareness," done in 1992-3; and an introduction to the calligrapher |
Title and author's name for one of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi's books, with draft designs | |
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More of 'Adil Mansuri's work, and some occasional pieces, Eid cards, etc. |
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A formal tughrah for Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, and chapter headings for another book, 2000 |
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More recent computer-art work by 'Adil Mansuri, 2004 |
Some of Adil Mansuri's new computer-art tughrahs for S. R. Faruqi, 2006-07 | |
Some cover designs for S. R. Faruqi's novel Ka'i chand the sar-e asman, 2007 | |
Some of Adil Mansuri's other work
from 2007; his unexpected death in Nov. 2008 was a real loss to us all |
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