Divan of Sultan Husayn Baiqara, dated A.H 905/ A.D0, Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; lacquer binding, 10 1/2 x 7 1/4in. (26.7 x 18.4cm), Codices, This lavishly embellished manuscript comprises a collection (divan) of poetry composed by the late fifteenth-century Timurid ruler Sultan Husain Baiqara (r. 1470–1506) in eastern or Chaghatai Turkish. The calligraphic text, written on a variety of colorful papers mounted within elaborately stenciled and painted margins, was copied by one of Sultan Husain's favored calligraphers - Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi
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Divan, Sultan Husayn Baiqara, dated .H 905/ .D0, present-day Afghanistan, Herat, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, paper, lacquer binding, 10 1/2 x 7 1/4in, 26.7 18.4cm, Codices, lavishly, embellished, manuscript, comprises, collection, divan, poetry composed, late fifteenth-century, Timurid, ruler, Sultan, Husain, Baiqara, r, 1470–1506, eastern, Chaghatai Turkish, calligraphic text, written, variety, colorful papers, mounted, within, elaborately, stenciled, painted margins, copied, Husain, favored calligraphers, Ali Mashhadi
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