Nur al-Din Muhammad Zuhuri Turshizi (d. AH 1024/1615 AD): Munshat wa Mathnawiyat-i-Zuhuri

KASHMIR, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY

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Nur al-Din Muhammad Zuhuri Turshizi (d. AH 1024/1615 AD): Munshat wa Mathnawiyat-i-Zuhuri
Kashmir, circa 18th Century
Persian manuscript on paper, 214ff. with 7ll. of black nasta'liq on gold sprinkled paper within gold floral margins, further lines of black nasta'liq within gold clouds arranged diagonally around the main text, headings in red on gold panels with blue spandrels in margins with triangular gold floral thumb pieces, fine opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, other similar illuminated heading pages and 7 half-page miniatures, light staining, in brown morocco binding
Folio 9½ x 5¾in. (24 x 14cm.)

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The author, court poet at the court of Bijapur, was born in Khorassan and migrated to India in 1580 AD. He was well regarded by his patron, Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II (1580 - 1626), a lover of poetry and music, for whom he composed a number of works.
The present volume consists of various works: prefaces to the following, Khwan-i-khalil, Gulzar-i-Ibrahim, Nauras (the latter, a treatise on Indian music composed by his royal patron. In addition is a description of Mina Bazaar, built by Ibrahim 'Adil Shah, and in the margins, written on the diagonal, the Saqi Nameh, a long narrative.

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