Item Summary

Album of miniatures and specimens of calligraphy of Indian origin. Described by Mika Natif.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Album of miniatures and specimens of calligraphy of Indian origin].
Call Number
South wall 16+17, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 102Ge
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/bg257f113
Publisher
[between 16-- and 18--]
Language
Persian
Date Created
1600-1899
Format
Manuscript
Extent
55 leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 485 x 280 mm.
Provenance
A letter attached to the album mentions that this was made for the Portuguese governor of India, but this is a late attribution. The document further indicates that the book belonged to the Delaney family who sold it to Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833) from the East India Company. It was then sold to Rowland Jones Esq. (1772-1856), Broom Hall, Carnarvonshire, Wales. The album was then auctioned in an estate sale between Feb. 24 and March 8, 1857 at Carnarvonshire and was purchased by William Stewart Esq. (1798-1874) of Aldenham Abbey, Hertfordshire. Stewart sold the book at Christie's auction in London in 1875. There was probably another owner after Stewart from whom Robert Garrett (1875-1961) purchased the album.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Moghadam, M. et al. Garrett coll., 206
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
The album consists of 55 folios measuring 485 x 280 mm.
Origin: The signed paintings and calligraphies are attributed to Mīr ʻAlī, Sulṭān ʻAlī al-Mashhadī, Muḥammad ʻAẓīm al-Ikthīr, ʻImād al-Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad Muʻīn ʻAlī Tajallī (= Shāh Muḥammad Muʻīn ʻAlī Tajallī Chishtī, fol. 32a), Muḥammad Ibrāhīm, ʻAbd Allāh, Muḥammad ʻAlī, Muḥammad Badīʻ al-Iṣfahānī, Tajallī ʻAlī Shāh, Muḥammad Karīm, Anūp Chator (Chatar, Chitor: see Titley), Mīr Muḥammad Māh Ḥusaynī, Zayn al-Ḥaqq, Zarrīn Raqam, Muḥammad Afḍal, Ghulām Muṣṭafá Khān, Muḥammad Aṭhar, Asad Allāh, Mughalkhān, Ghulām Jamāl Allāh Khān, Sayyid ʻAlī Būkhārī Rūshan Raqam, Jawāhir Raqam-i Thānī, Muḥammad Ḥusayn, Muḥammad ʻAlī Gawhar, Muḥammad al-Fakhkhār, Abū al-Baqāʼ al-Mūsawī, Kifāyat Khān, Ismāʻīl, Ilyās Bahādur, Aḥmad Shāh, Muḥammad Dalīr, and date from 1014H. [1630 or 31] to 1189 [1775]. Other undated paintings can be dated to 18th-19th century India and 16th or early 17th century Central Asia. One piece is dated Awrangābād, [1]203 [1788 or 9] (fol. 22a).

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Dārā Shikūh Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India 1615-1659—Portraits—Specimens
دارا شكوه
Nūr Jahān Empress, consort of Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan -1645—Portraits—Specimens
نور جهان
Ibrāhīm ibn Adʹham -approximately 777—Portraits—Specimens
Niẓāmuddīn Auliyā 1236-1325—Portraits—Specimens
نظام الدين اوليا
Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint—Art—Specimens
Alī Ādila Śāha II Sultan of Bijapur 1638-1672—Portraits—Specimens
Aurangzeb Emperor of Hindustan 1618-1707—Portraits—Specimens
Chand Bibi Queen of Bijāpur 1547-1600—Portraits—Specimens
Akbar Emperor of Hindustan 1542-1605—Portraits—Specimens
Majnūn Laylá—Portraits—Specimens
Face—Symbolic aspects—Islamic empire
Shāhnāmah—Illustrations—Specimens
Face—Pictorial works—Specimens
Horses—Pictorial works—Specimens
Bhil (Indic people)—Pictorial works—Specimens
Angels—Islam—Pictorial works—Specimens
Parrots—Pictorial works—Specimens
Chishtīyah
Mogul courts and courtiers—Pictorial works—Specimens
Courts and courtiers—Mogul Empire—Pictorial works—Specimens
Yūsuf and Zulaykhā—Portraits—Specimens
Polo—Pictorial works—Specimens
Hunting—Pictorial works—Specimens
Birds of prey—Pictorial works—Specimens
Artillery—Pictorial works—Specimens
Elephants—Pictorial works—Specimens
Tiger—Pictorial works—Specimens
Sea monsters—Pictorial works—Specimens
Dragons—Pictorial works—Specimens
Animals, Mythical—Pictorial works—Specimens
Peafowl—Pictorial works—Specimens
Muslim saints—Portraits—Specimens
Basmalah—Pictorial works—Specimens
Composite portraits
Pictures
Art
Portraits
paperwork (visual works)
illuminations (paintings)

Physical Characteristics

File Count
112

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d917e0d6-2894-4d1e-939b-93fdc0796c96/manifest