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Lot Essay
The miniatures are:
Hasht Bihisht
f.26r Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the musky pavilion on Saturday
f.39v Bahram Gur and the Moorish Princess in the saffron pavilion on Sunday
f.51r Bahram Gur and the princess in the verdant pavilion on Monday
f.62r Bahram Gur and the princess in the pomegranate pavilion on Tuesday
f.80r Bahram Gur and the princess in the violet pavilion on Wednesday
f.100r Bahram Gur and the Chinese princess in the sandalwood pavilion on Thursday
f.116v Bahram Gur and the Greek princess in the camphor pavilion on Friday
Layla and Majnun
f.160r Layla and Majnun at school
f.179v Majnun watching the battle of the clans
f.188r Majnun and his father visit the shaykh
f.206v Majnun embracing Layla’s dog
Khusraw and Shirin
f.271r Khusraw hunting
f.297r Khusraw and Shirin being entertained
f.334r Khusraw visiting Farhad by a stream in the mountains, Farhad’s carving in the background
f.395r Khusraw and Shirin in the bedchamber with a multitude of attendant ladies
A’ineh Iskandari
f.440r Iskandar being entertained in a palace interior
Hidayat Allah is also recorded as the scribe of a copy of the Diwan of Hafiz, dated AH [9]92/1589-90 AD, now in the Egyptian Library, Cairo (Guest, 1949, pp.32 and 62). It is one of the few Shiraz manuscripts that contains a painting that is signed by an artist.
Hasht Bihisht
f.26r Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the musky pavilion on Saturday
f.39v Bahram Gur and the Moorish Princess in the saffron pavilion on Sunday
f.51r Bahram Gur and the princess in the verdant pavilion on Monday
f.62r Bahram Gur and the princess in the pomegranate pavilion on Tuesday
f.80r Bahram Gur and the princess in the violet pavilion on Wednesday
f.100r Bahram Gur and the Chinese princess in the sandalwood pavilion on Thursday
f.116v Bahram Gur and the Greek princess in the camphor pavilion on Friday
Layla and Majnun
f.160r Layla and Majnun at school
f.179v Majnun watching the battle of the clans
f.188r Majnun and his father visit the shaykh
f.206v Majnun embracing Layla’s dog
Khusraw and Shirin
f.271r Khusraw hunting
f.297r Khusraw and Shirin being entertained
f.334r Khusraw visiting Farhad by a stream in the mountains, Farhad’s carving in the background
f.395r Khusraw and Shirin in the bedchamber with a multitude of attendant ladies
A’ineh Iskandari
f.440r Iskandar being entertained in a palace interior
Hidayat Allah is also recorded as the scribe of a copy of the Diwan of Hafiz, dated AH [9]92/1589-90 AD, now in the Egyptian Library, Cairo (Guest, 1949, pp.32 and 62). It is one of the few Shiraz manuscripts that contains a painting that is signed by an artist.