A calligraphic panel

HYDERABAD, 1389 FASLI CIRCA 1949 AD

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A calligraphic panel
Hyderabad, 1389 Fasli circa 1949 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 6ll. of strong black ta'liq on grey card decorated with gold and polychrome floral meander, signed by Muhammad Mahmud Nawaz Mu'jizraqam, mounted on card with blue and polychrome floral borders, small creases and slight flaking
Calligraphy 14 x 10¼in. (35.5 x 26cm.)

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This calligraphy is a chronogrammatic Persian quatrain, composed by Nawab Mir Qutb al-Din 'Ali Khan Behadur, giving the date of the death of the Nawab Azam Jang's wife as 1389 Fasli (correspoding to 1369 of the Hijra year).

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