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This is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of a mystic poem (masnavi) entitled Ṣifat al-ʿāshiqīn (Qualities of lovers) by Nūr al-Dīn Hilālī (d. 936 AH / 1529-30 CE). It was written in nastaʿlīq script by Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī in 978 AH / 1570-1 CE. The manuscript opens with a double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a), followed by a double-page illuminated incipit (fols. 2b-3a). Borders throughout the codex are illuminated with floral and bird motifs. The lacquer binding is original to the manuscript.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2009

The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland

21201http://www.thewalters.org/

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This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.

NOTE: The pages in this book are ordered from right to left. This means that to view the pages inorder, you should go the last page of the document and read what would be from “back-to-front”for a Western manuscript.

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2009

The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland

21201http://www.thewalters.org/

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fol. 8a:Title: Ascension of the Prophet MuhammadForm: Illustration

fol. 22a:Title: A brave man with a sword killing a lionForm: Illustration

fol. 26b:Title: Majnūn among animals in the wildernessForm: Illustration

fol. 31b:Title: Sultan Maḥmūd and Ayāz in a landscapeForm: Illustration

fol. 48a:Title: A festive party with a hunter and his young friendsForm: Illustration

fol. 53a:Title: A love-struck beggar brings a ball to the kingForm: Illustration

Acquisition Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Binding The binding is original.

Lacquer (without flap); decorated with animals and floralmotifs; doublures with dentelle-style decoration in gold andblue

Bibliography Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris:Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), nos. 351-2.

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Comment: In Arabic, giving the name of the scribe and thedate of copying

Extent Foliation: 58+i

Collation Catchwords: Written obliquely on versos

Dimensions 15.0 cm wide by 25.5 cm high

Written surface 7.0 cm wide by 14.5 cm high

Layout Columns: 2Ruled lines: 12Text written horizontally and obliquely; framing lines inblue, gold, red, and light blue

Contents fols. 1b - 58a:Title: Ṣifat al-ʿāshiqīnIncipit:

Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script in black withploychrome chapter headingsDecoration note: Six illustrations; double-pageillustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a); double-pageilluminated incipit (fols. 2b-3a); illuminated borderwith floral and bird motifs; illuminated chapter/sectionheadings; framing lines in blue, gold, red, and light blue

Decoration fol. 1b:Title: Double-page illustrated frontispieceForm: Illustration; frontispieceLabel: This is the right side of a double-page illustratedfrontispiece depicting a festive gathering in a landscapewith poets, chess players, and servants preparing food.

fol. 2a:Title: Double-page illustrated frontispieceForm: Illustration; frontispieceLabel: This is the left side of a double-page illustratedfrontispiece depicting a festive gathering in a landscapewith poets, chess players, and servants preparing food.

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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.656

Descriptive Title Poem (masnavi)

Text title Ṣifat al-ʿāshiqīnVernacular:

Author As-written name: Nūr al-Dīn Hilālī JaghatāʾīName, in vernacular:

Abstract This is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of amystic poem (masnavi) entitled Ṣifat al-ʿāshiqīn (Qualities oflovers) by Nūr al-Dīn Hilālī (d. 936 AH / 1529-30 CE). It waswritten in nastaʿlīq script by Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī in 978 AH / 1570-1 CE. The manuscript opens witha double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a), followedby a double-page illuminated incipit (fols. 2b-3a). Bordersthroughout the codex are illuminated with floral and birdmotifs. The lacquer binding is original to the manuscript.

Date 978 AH / 1570-1 CE

Origin Iran

Scribe As-written name: Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad al-ḤusaynīName, in vernacular:

Note: Sometimes referred to as Badr al-Din Hilali

Form Book

Genre Literary -- Poetry

Genre Sufi

Language The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Colophon 58a:Transliteration: katabahu al-ʿabd al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr al-mudhnib al-muḥtāj ilá raḥmat Allāh al-ghanī /1/ Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī ghafara Allāh dhunūbah wa-satara ʿuyūbahu fī /2/ fī sanat 978 /3/

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This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2011

A digital facsimile of Walters Ms. W.656, Poem (masnavi)Title: Ṣifat al-ʿāshiqīn

Published by: The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201

http://www.thewalters.org/