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Persian ruba‘i (quatrain) by Maulana Muḥammad Murshidi Zawara’i (Persian, late 1500s–early 1600s) (verso)

c. 1610–1620

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India, Mughal, 17th century

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Page: 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.)

Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.326.b

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

verso: four lines of nast 'aliq calligraphy with illuminated panels, with illuminated panels, ink gold and opaque watercolor on paper

Inscription

Calligraphy in nasta‘liq script: A Christian with his zonnar string and your amber locks, A pious ascetic in a prayer niche and the angle of your eyebrows, O Lord! What kind of a qibla are you That night and day the hearts of both Muslims and Infidels are turned toward you?

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