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DARAB NĀMA
Foll. 326; size 32 x 21 cm ; paper; Nast‘aliq script; 23 lines to a page; Persian.
Begins :
الحمدلله رب العالمين والعاقبة للمتقین الصلوة على خير خلقه، أما بعد راویان اخبار وناقد ان اسرار و خوانندگان قصص و تواريخ استاد فاضل و کمال ابوطار این حسن بن على بن موسى الطوسی.....
Ends :
کن و ازاں پاہ شاد عادل عبرتی گیر
در حال اسکنلر نظری دل بستگی رنشاید اینک این بود اخبار داراب اسکندر و بعد اندشت تمت تمام
50 illustrations in Mughal style (c. A.D. 1620-1630); a rare text; very few illustrated versions of this early date are known.
Lent by the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay.
LAUR CHANDA
(A popular North Indian ballad) Foll. 6 illustrated leaves; size 19 x 14 cm; paper; Taliq script; 10 lines to a page; Hindi (Avadhi dialect). Author : Mulla Daud, A.H. 781 (A.D. 1379-80) .
The illustrations are of the first half of the 16th century; they represent a highly advanced pre-Mughal style of painting in India.
Lent by the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay.
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