Page of Calligraphy

Muhammad Ashraf Al-Radhawi

dated A.H. Rabi' al-Awwal 1069/ December 1658 CE · Ink and watercolor on paper · Islamic Art

This page comes from a book copied by Muhammad Ashraf al-Radhawi, who wrote it in 1658 while serving as the Mughal governor of Kashmir. The text is in Arabic and Persian, and consists of prayers and supplications (called munajat) dedicated to ‘Ali (d. 661), the fourth caliph and first Shi'i Imam. They are written in nasta'liq, a cursive script that developed in the ninth century and used most often in Iran and India for writing Persian.

Artist

Muhammad Ashraf Al-Radhawi

Date

dated A.H. Rabi' al-Awwal 1069/ December 1658 CE

Medium

Ink and watercolor on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Purchase, Persian Heritage Foundation, 2002