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demonagerie: Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Persian 78, detail of f. 249v (Div-e Sepid or White Demon). Firdawsī. Shāhnāmah. 1718-1721. Painters: ʻAbd al-Salām Kashmīrī and ʻAbd al-Karīm Kashmīrī. “Written in a professional taʻlīq script in black ink, rubricated in red, 20 lines per page in 4 gold-ruled columns. Contains 115 miniatures portraying various scenes from the poem. Written by the professional calligrapher Khalīl Allāh Haftʻqalamī probably in Lahore in 1131-1134 [1718-1722] (ff. 1r, 201v, 203r, 403r). Last miniature is signed by ʻAbd al-Salām and ʻAbd al-Karīm, residents of Kashmīr, Rajab 1134 [1722] (f. 398v). The ms is prepared for Sayyidʻzādah ʻIṣmat Allāh Khān (f. 201r).”

demonagerie:

Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Persian 78, detail of f. 249v (Div-e Sepid or White Demon). Firdawsī. Shāhnāmah. 1718-1721. Painters: ʻAbd al-Salām Kashmīrī and ʻAbd al-Karīm Kashmīrī.

“Written in a professional taʻlīq script in black ink, rubricated in red, 20 lines per page in 4 gold-ruled columns. Contains 115 miniatures portraying various scenes from the poem. Written by the professional calligrapher Khalīl Allāh Haftʻqalamī probably in Lahore in 1131-1134 [1718-1722] (ff. 1r, 201v, 203r, 403r). Last miniature is signed by ʻAbd al-Salām and ʻAbd al-Karīm, residents of Kashmīr, Rajab 1134 [1722] (f. 398v). The ms is prepared for Sayyidʻzādah ʻIṣmat Allāh Khān (f. 201r).”

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