Majnun in the Desert Pleads with a Hunter to Free a Fawn, from a "Layla and Majnun" of Nizami
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Nizami. Majnun in the Desert Pleads with a Hunter to Free a Fawn, from a "Layla and Majnun" of Nizami, A.H. 24 Dhu l–Hijja 975/ January 9, 1597 C.E.. Modern leather binding, 50 folios, including 3 miniatures of Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper; binding, FOLIO: 9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.191.
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Title
Majnun in the Desert Pleads with a Hunter to Free a Fawn, from a "Layla and Majnun" of Nizami
Date
A.H. 24 Dhu l–Hijja 975/ January 9, 1597 C.E.
Medium
Modern leather binding, 50 folios, including 3 miniatures of Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper; binding
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Dimensions
FOLIO: 9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.
Inscriptions
The Urdu inscription on the flyleaf describes the manuscript's recent provenance as follows: Given to me by Muh[ammad] Ali [sic] Khan Arif Aghai, a jagudar of the Hyderabad State and Assistant Vazir in the Nazm-i Jamiat at Hyderabad, on the occasion of the coronation of His Majesty the King Emperor, in token of his loyalty and respect." The English inscription is signed by Lord Harding, Viceroy of India, and dated July 1911.
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Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
Accession Number
86.227.191
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