Arts of the Islamic World
Arts of the Islamic World
'ABDULLAH HATIFI, (D.1454 AD), TWO WORKS BOUND IN ONE VOLUME: KHOSROW WA SHIRIN AND TIMURNAMA, PERSIA, KHURASAN AND QAZWIN, SAFAVID, CIRCA 1570-80
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'ABDULLAH HATIFI, (D.1454 AD), TWO WORKS BOUND IN ONE VOLUME: KHOSROW WA SHIRIN AND TIMURNAMA, PERSIA, KHURASAN AND QAZWIN, SAFAVID, CIRCA 1570-80
Khosrow wa Shirin: Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 75 leaves, plus 11 fly-leaves, 12 lines to the page, written in nasta’liq in black ink, text divided into two columns, ruled in light blue, red, green and gold, headings in white nasta’liq against a gold ground within polychrome cartouche, f.1b and f.2a with a polychrome and gold frame, three paintings; Timurnama: Persian manuscript on paper, 14 lines to the page written in nasta’liq in black ink, text divided into two columns, ruled in green, orange, gold and blue, headings in gold nasta’liq, f.76b with a polychrome and gold heading (‘unwan), nine paintings, incomplete, in a later European binding
leaf: 22 by 13.7cm.
Mughal Royal Library of Emperor Jahangir (r.1605-27).
Mughal Royal Library of Emperor Shah Jahan (r.1628-58).
Ex-collection Hagop Kevorkian (d.1962).
Sold in these rooms, 22 April 1980, lot 307.
The manuscript contains twelve paintings, the first three are of the Khurasan school and attributed to circa 1570; the others from the Timurnama are dated a decade later and attributable to Qazwin. They depict the following scenes:
F.35a: Khosrow sits enthroned with Shirin.
F.50a: Shirin approaches Farhad who kneels beside Mount Behistun.
F.69b: Three maids seated before Khosrow and Shirin.
F.92b: The battle of Mir Hussain at Balkh.
F.95b: Timur enthroned in Balkh.
F.107a: Timur entertained by musicians.
F.128a: Timur hunting near Shiraz.
F.135b: Victory of Timur over Mang Khan.
F.141b: Victory of Timur over Shah Mansur.
F.167a: Victory of Timur over the savages in Turan.
F.173b: Victory of Timur over the Indians.
F.195a: Timur enthroned with the captive Sultan of Turkey.