A calligraphic page, signed by 'Ibadullah, North India or Deccan, dated 1274 AH/1857-8 AD
Lot Closed
October 27, 01:55 PM GMT
Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Persian manuscript on paper, 2 lines of nasta'liq in black ink on a marbled ground, the reverse plain
leaf: 18 by 25.2cm.
inscriptions:
bar dargahat ey sepehr-jah amadeh am
dar sayeh-at az bahr-e panah amadeh am
‘O one of celestial status, I have come to your court,
Under your shade I have come for protection’
It is possible that the scribe of the present couplet is 'Ibadullah Hafiz, son of 'Abdullah Bayg and student of Amir Razavi.
He was a scribe at the court of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II (1837-58) and subsequently joined the court of the Raja of Patiala after Bahadur Shah II's deposition (Mehdi Bayani, ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol. II, Tehran, 1346 sh., p. 339).
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