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WAJID 'ALI SHAH OF AWADH (R. 1847-56 AD), PEN-NAMED AKHTAR: DIWAN
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WAJID 'ALI SHAH OF AWADH (R. 1847-56 AD), PEN-NAMED AKHTAR: DIWAN

AWADH, NORTHERN INDIA, DATED 1 MUHARRAM AH 1276/31 JULY 1856 AD

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WAJID 'ALI SHAH OF AWADH (R. 1847-56 AD), PEN-NAMED AKHTAR: DIWAN
AWADH, NORTHERN INDIA, DATED 1 MUHARRAM AH 1276/31 JULY 1856 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on cream paper, 192 ff. plus 2fl, each with 11ll. of black nasta'liq in two columns, in clouds reserved against gold ground, the margins illuminated with a variety of vegetal designs in gold, green and red, illuminated headpiece with heraldic design of confronted mythical figures in gold and polychrome, in black morocco binding with gold stamped decoration, binding slightly scuffed, flyleaf with library stamp
Folio 13¼ x 8in. (33.5 x 20cm.)
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Copied by 'Abd al-Latif, an unrecorded scribe.

For Nawabs and kings of Awadh and a similar manuscript, see: S. Vernoit, OccidentalismThe Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol., XXIII, Oxford, 1997, p. 129-136, (particularly pp. 133-136 on Wajid 'Ali) and cat. No. 76.

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