AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A KASHMIRI DISPERSED COPY OF HAMLAH-I...
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A KASHMIRI DISPERSED COPY OF HAMLAH-I HAYDARI
Kashmir, Indian subcontinent, 19th century
Gouache on paper, the margins ruled with a black band and fillet, enclosing four columns of Persian text written in nasta'liq script in black ink, with a red heading identifying the passage as relating to the Battle of Karbala, the page illustrated with a battle scene depicting Osman slaying Imam Hussein on a battlefield strewn with severed heads.
Image 21.5cm x 12cm; total including frame 38cm x 27cm
This is from a dispersed manuscript of the Hamley-e Haydari, authored by Mirza Muhammad Rafi' Bazil (d. 1714), also known as Bazal Mashhadi, the work is a long Persian masnavi recounting the life of the Prophet Muhammad and, in particular, the exploits of Ali and the early successors according to the Shi'a tradition, born in Safavid Mashhad, Bazil and his family moved to Mughal Delhi to seek patronage in the court of Shah Jahan. The writer served under Aurangzeb, where he gained favour and was later appointed governor of Gwalior, the original text of the Hamla-i Haydari was added to by a number of later authors.
For a similar example:
The British Library, Acc. no. Or 12055.
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AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A KASHMIRI DISPERSED COPY OF HAMLAH-I HAYDARI
Kashmir, Indian subcontinent, 19th century
Gouache on paper, the margins ruled with a black band and fillet, enclosing four columns of Persian text written in nasta'liq script in black ink, with a red heading identifying the passage as relating to the Battle of Karbala, the page illustrated with a battle scene depicting Osman slaying Imam Hussein on a battlefield strewn with severed heads.
Image 21.5cm x 12cm; total including frame 38cm x 27cm
This is from a dispersed manuscript of the Hamley-e Haydari, authored by Mirza Muhammad Rafi' Bazil (d. 1714), also known as Bazal Mashhadi, the work is a long Persian masnavi recounting the life of the Prophet Muhammad and, in particular, the exploits of Ali and the early successors according to the Shi'a tradition, born in Safavid Mashhad, Bazil and his family moved to Mughal Delhi to seek patronage in the court of Shah Jahan. The writer served under Aurangzeb, where he gained favour and was later appointed governor of Gwalior, the original text of the Hamla-i Haydari was added to by a number of later authors.
For a similar example:
The British Library, Acc. no. Or 12055.
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Time, Location
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