Walters Ms. W.671, Album of Persian miniatures and calligraphyMuraqqaʿمرقع<note type="title" xml:id="n326.251278">Title supplied by cataloger</note>scribeMuḥammad Ḥusaynمحمد حسينscribeSulṭān Murād al-Ḥusaynīسلطان مراد الحسينىscribeSulṭān ʿAlī al-Mashhadīسلطان على المشهدىscribeNiʿmat Allāh al-Mashhadīنعمت الله المشهدىscribeMuḥammad Aṣgharمحمد اصغرscribeMuḥammad Zamānمحمد زمانscribeMīr ʿAlīمير علىscribeʿAlīعلىscribeShāh Muḥammad al-Mashhadīشاه محمد المشهدىartistAqā Riz̤āاقا رضاPrincipal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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This album of painting and calligraphy was compiled in the late thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE or early fourteenth century AH / twentieth CE, most likely in Turkey. The signed pieces of calligraphy represent nine different Persian calligraphers, including Sulṭān ʿAlī al-Mashhadī, Sulṭān Murād al-Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad Ḥusayn, Niʿmat Allāh al-Mashhadī, Muḥammad Aṣghar, Shāh Muḥammad al-Mashhadī, and Muḥammad Zamān. There are thirty-one paintings, the majority of which are executed in the Safavid style but are attributable to the late thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE or early fourteenth century AH / twentieth CE. They were most likely made in Turkey. The borders are polychrome and marbled gold-sprinkled paper. The brown leather binding decorated with landscape scenes and brushed with gold is contemporary with the compiling of the album.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.671The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1b - 33aMuraqqaʿمرقع<note type="title" xml:id="n326.251355">Title supplied by cataloger</note>scribescribescribescribescribescribescribescribescribeartist

Mounted on pasteboard

Foliation: i+31+i35.524.5Two additional leaves housed seperatelyWritten in nastaʿlīq script by Muḥammad Ḥusayn (fol. 2a), Sulṭān Murād al-Ḥusaynī (fol. 6a), Sulṭān ʿAlī al-Mashhadī (fol. 10b), Niʿmat Allāh al-Mashhadī (fol. 12a), Muḥammad Aṣghar (fols. 18b and 19b), Muḥammad Zamān (fol. 20b), Mīr ʿAlī (fol. 22a), ʿAlī (fol. 14b), and Shāh Muḥammad al-Mashhadī (fol. 32b)Thirty-one illustrations; borders of polychrome and marbled gold-sprinkled paperBahrām Gūr rests on the lap of a princess in a caveIllustrationCalligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script and signed by Muḥammad Ḥusayn, whose name appears in the fourth register from the top.Serving wine by a stream of waterIllustrationCalligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script.Seated youth with a flaskIllustrationSeated young woman with a tray of pomegranatesIllustrationCalligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script.Seated woman with a tray of pomegranatesIllustrationCalligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script by Sulṭān Murād al-Ḥusaynī.Young woman standingIllustrationSeated woman with pomegranatesIllustrationCalligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script.Standing youth with a turbanIllustrationCalligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script.Seated youth with a wine pitcher and a cup in his handIllustrationCourt sceneIllustrationCalligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script and signed by Sulṭān ʿAlī al-Mashhadī, dated 989 AH / 1581 CE.Standing youthIllustrationFalconer kneeling in front of a seated princeIllustrationCalligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script by Nuʿmat Allāh al-Mashhadī.Standing youthIllustrationStanding youthIllustrationBird perching on a rockIllustrationYouth with a bow and arrowIllustrationCalligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script and is from a manuscript of Khusraw va Shīrīn.Young woman reclining against a pillowIllustrationCalligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script by Muḥammad Aṣghar.Seated woman with pomegranates and a pitcherIllustrationYouth seated on a rockIllustrationCalligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script and is signed by Muḥammad Zamān.The sculptor FarhādIllustrationThis is a drawing illustrating the story of Farhād, the sculptor, originally from Khusraw va Shīrīn.Calligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script and signed by Mīr ʿAlī.Standing youth with a pitcher and cupIllustrationStanding youth with a wine flask in his handIllustrationStanding youthIllustrationStanding youthIllustrationThis painting is inscribed Aghā Riz̤ā.Seated young woman holding a bookIllustrationSeated youth with a wine flask in his handIllustrationStanding youth with his hands crossedIllustrationYouth with a wine flask reclining against a pillowIllustrationYouth with a turban reclining against a cushionIllustrationShīrīn meets FarhādIllustrationThis is a drawing illustrating the story of Farhād, the sculptor, originally from Khusraw va Shīrīn.Calligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script and is signed by Shāh Muḥammad al-Mashhadī.Man playing a stringed instrument in a landscapeIllustration

Contemporary with the compiling of the album; brown leather (with flap); decorated with a landscape scene brushed with gold; doublures of red leather, richly decorated with floral motifs

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