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Poems (tarji'band)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Jami  (1414–1492)  wikidata:Q312458 s:en:Author:Jami q:en:Jami
 
Jami
Alternative names
Nur ad-Dīn Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī; Djāmī; Abd-Al-Rahmān Nur-Al-Din Muhammad Dashti; Mawlanā Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān; Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami; Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami; Yami de Herat
Description poet, writer, music theorist and philosopher
Date of birth/death 7 November 1414 Edit this at Wikidata 9 November 1492 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Torbat-e Jam Edit this at Wikidata Herat Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q312458
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Muhammad Zaman al-Tabrizi
Title
Poems (tarji'band)
Description
English: Walters manuscript W.651 is an illuminated and illustrated manuscript of a small collection of short love poems of the type called tarji`band by Nur al-Din "Abd al-Rahman Jami (died 898 AH/AD 1492). It was copied in black Nasta"liq script by the calligrapher Muhammad Zaman al-Tabrizi in 998 AH/AD 1589-1590 in Safavid Iran. The text is written on orange-tinted paper, and the bluish-green borders are illuminated throughout. The manuscript opens with an incipit page with illuminated headpiece (fol. 1b), and there are 2 illustrations (fols. 3a and 6a). The Qajar lacquer binding is decorated with floral motifs and is inscribed with verses attributed to Imam "Ali ibn Abi Talib. An ownership statement is present, written by Husayn Qavam Daftar (?) and dated 1311 AH/AD 1893-1894, stating that this precious book was bought for his son, Mahmud Askani, from a woman for 10 ashrafis (gold dinars) (fol. 6b).
Date 998 AH/AD 1589-1590 (Safavid, Qajar)
Medium ink and pigments on orange-tinted paper with bluish-green borders, covered with lacquer
Dimensions Folio height: 17.5 cm (6.8 in); width: 11 cm (4.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,17.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,11.0U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
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W.651
Place of creation Iran
Object history
  • Mahmud Askani, 1893-1894, by purchase [ownership statement on fol. 6b written by Husayn Qavam Daftar (?) and dated 1311 AH/AD 1893-1894 stating that this precious book was bought for his son Mahmud Askani from a woman for 10 ashrafis (gold dinars)]
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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