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Shukoh. An oblique inscription at the top indicates that later on, the manuscript came into the posession of Dilawar Khan.
Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
ANWĀR-I-SUHAILI (A book on good counsel illustrated with animal fables)
Foll. 239; size 29 x 19 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; 15 lines to a page; Persian, dated A.H. 1005 (A.D. 1596-97). Author: Mullā Husain ibn ‘Ali, Wāiz-al-Kashifi (A.D.1495); scribe: Maulana ‘Abdur Rahim al-Harwi.
Colophon: In translation reads :
“Finished at the hand of the humble and the sinner Abdur Raḥmān-al-Harwi. May God conceal his defects and forgive his sins. Written in the Metropolis, Lahore, A.H. 1005 Finis,"
A royal copy with 27 illustrations of the Akbar school. The names of the artists include: Basawan, Jagannath, Farrukh Chela, Dharamdas, Mukund, Miskin, Mahesh, Sanwala, Manohar, Shankar, Lachhman, Madho, Bishandas and Anant.
Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
ZIJ-I-SHAHJAHANI
Foll. 328 (some missing); size 25 x 40 cm; paper; Nast'aliq and Naskh script; Persian, dated A.H. 1037 (A.D.1627).
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