Mir Husayn al-Husayni

in good overall condition, small line of worming to the top left edge of the central panel, a few mild stains, margins clean and bright, as viewed.
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'Your face is like a moon that illuminates all courtly homes.
When angels look upon your face they are like moths hovering around the candle of your beauty.
The fire of your absence has nurtured our souls in such a way that all other nurtured souls become moths that hover around our candles.'

The present scribe could be Husayn al-Husayni known as Mir Kulangi, a pupil of the famous Mir 'Ali al-Harawi.  He worked as a librarian at the Royal Court of 'Abdallah II, in Bukhara and often signed as al-Sultani. He had a long working life and his recorded works are dated between 922 AH/1516-17 AD and 983 AH/1575-6 AD, many copied in Bukhara (see Mehdi Bayani, ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol. I, Tehran, 1345 sh., pp.164-6). An album page incorporating a panel of calligraphy by Mir Kulangi was sold in Sotheby's London, 6 October 2010, lot 56.