A FOLIO WITH ILLUMINATED BORDERS, THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED SULTAN 'ALI MASHHADI, SAFAVID IRAN, DHU'L-HIJJA AH 926/20 AUGUST 1520 AD, THE BORDER ILLUMINATION COMMISSIONED BY 'ABD AL-RAHIM KHAN-E KHANAN AND PROBABLY EXECUTED BY MUSHFIQ, MUGHAL INDIA, AH...

A FOLIO WITH ILLUMINATED BORDERS
THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED SULTAN 'ALI MASHHADI, SAFAVID IRAN, DHU'L-HIJJA AH 926/20 AUGUST 1520 AD, THE BORDER ILLUMINATION COMMISSIONED BY 'ABD AL-RAHIM KHAN-E KHANAN AND PROBABLY EXECUTED BY MUSHFIQ, MUGHAL INDIA, AH 1012/1603 AD
From a Khamsa of Jami, Persian manuscript on paper, each side of the folio with 14ll. of elegant black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, further lines of smaller nasta'liq written on the diagonal around this and punctuated with three gold triangles with polychrome depictions of birds, recto signed above Sultan Mir 'Ali Mashhadi, the text panels outlined in gold and polychrome and laid down between wide coloured margins with large scale gold-highlighted illumination of flowers, insects and birds
Calligraphy 7 ½ x 4 1/8in. (19 x 10.5cm.); folio 12¾ x 8 1/8in. (32.2 x 20.2cm.)