Walters Ms. W.713, Single leaf of a portrait of Shah Abbas IPortrait of Shah Abbas IPrincipal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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According to the inscription in the upper panel, this painting depicts the Safavid ruler Shāh ʿAbbās I (r. 996 AH / 1588 CE -- 1038 AH / 1629 CE). It was likely produced in India in the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. The Safavid ruler is shown in a stylized landscape. On the verso of the leaf is a sample of calligraphy in nastaʿlīq script quoting verses by the Persian poet Saʿdī Shīrāzī (d. 691 AH / 1292 CE). These verses were executed in Samarqand by Muḥammad Amīn ibn Bābā Jān in 990 AH / 1582-3 CE.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.713The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. W.713a - W.713bPortrait of Shah Abbas IFoliation: Not applicable38.025.5Nastaʿlīq scriptBlue, gray, and salmon borders decorated with illuminated floral and zoomorphic motifsPortrait of Shah Abbas IPaintingAccording to the inscription in the upper panel, this painting depicts the Safavid ruler Shāh ʿAbbās I (r. 996 AH / 1588 CE -- 1038 AH / 1629 CE). It was likely produced in India in the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. The Safavid ruler is shown in a stylized landscape. The blue, gray, and salmon borders are decorated with illuminated floral and zoomorphic motifs.Calligraphic versesText pageThis is a sample of calligraphy in nastaʿlīq script quoting verses by the Persian poet Saʿdī Shīrāzī (d. 691 AH / 1292 CE). These verses were executed in Samarqand by Muḥammad Amīn ibn Bābā Jān in 990 AH / 1582-3 CE. The blue, gray, and salmon borders are decorated with illuminated floral motifs.12th century AH / 18th CEIndiaWalters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetKashmiriHorsesWalters Art MuseumBlockbookDocumentGeneologyAstrologyDevotionHistoryLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyPhilosophyScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMineralogyLogicGeographyGeomancyCosmologyCartographyFortune-tellingKoranQur`anFirmanPalimpsestPrayerBibleGospelsPsalterMissalLectionaryBook of HoursAntiphonaryPrayerbookHomilaryProcessionalHorologionBreviaryHymnalChroniclePsalter/HoursMaghrebSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyAfghanistanCentral Arab Lands (Near East)Central AsiaEgyptEnglandIndiaIranIraqPakistanGermanyFranceAustriaNetherlandsEthiopiaArmeniaFlandersGreeceMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianArmenianByzantineAbbasidQajarRajputChristianArabicAustrianDutchEgyptianFatimidGermanIndianIslamicPersianSafavidTimuridTurkishUmayyadEnglishFrenchFlemishEthiopianCarolingianCalligraphyChartsColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIllustrationMedallionMiniatureOrnamentPainting'Kufic'Early Abbasid scriptRaginiRomanesqueGothicWatermarkTreasure BindingGrotesquesHistoriated initialInhabited initialCarolingian MinusculeGothic Book handWhite-vine letteringEnglish secretaryTexturaBatardaHumanisticUncialAccordion bookAlbumBookCodexManuscriptHeraldrySaint's LifeDrawingGrisailleOriginal BindingBindingNew Abbasid stylecharter8th Century9th Century10th Century11th Century12th Century13th Century14th Century15th Century16th Century17th Century18th Century19th Century20th CenturyMusical notationRussiaRomaniaLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishIllustrationIndiaIndianIranIslamicMiniaturePaintingPersianSafavidWalters Art Museum