JAMAL AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD NIZAMI (AH 535-598/1140-1202 AD): MAKHZAN AL-ASRAR
JAMAL AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD NIZAMI (AH 535-598/1140-1202 AD): MAKHZAN AL-ASRAR

PROBABLY MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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JAMAL AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD NIZAMI (AH 535-598/1140-1202 AD): MAKHZAN AL-ASRAR
PROBABLY MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
A series of poems and versified legends of ethical and mystical significance, Persian manuscript on gold sprinkled paper, 97ff. plus 4 fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of flowing black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, headings in blue nasta'liq, laid down between gold, green and blue rules on cream gold-speckled borders, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and cartouche in the margin with the words Al-Sultan Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar, opening page with later owner's inscription, colophon erased and covered, in later pink and gold silk covered binding
Text panel 6 3/8 x 3¼in. (16.2 x 8.3cm.); folio 9½ x 5 3/8in. (24 x 14.4cm.)
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Although this manuscript is unsigned, a note on the opening folio, ascribes the work to Mir 'Ali Katib. The script, and in particular the paper and layout, makes it probable that this was written in the Mughal Royal scriptorium by one of the leading Mughal calligraphers of the day such as Zarrin Qalam.

This manuscript was in the Mughal Royal Library of 'Alamgir in his 31st regnal year (1688 AD), when a description of the manuscript was written by Muhammad Sadiq Mushrif (inspector). It was restored in the 42nd Regnal year (1601-02 AD) and was valued at 40 rupees. The manuscript was in the Qajar Royal Library in 1817 AD and may have been part of the booty which Nadir Shah brought back after his capture of Delhi. The name al-Sultan Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar is written in an illuminated cartouche on the margin of the title page and may indicate that it was in his library.