Divan of Sultan Husayn Baiqara

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi

dated A.H. 905/ 1500 CE · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; lacquer binding · Islamic Art

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.

Artist

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi

Date

dated A.H. 905/ 1500 CE

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; lacquer binding

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Purchase, Richard S. Perkins and Margaret Mushekian Gifts, 1982