IO Islamic 3872 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Divan of Shahi
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1 copy of Dīvān by Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī
Highly refined de luxe manuscript, consisting of a limited collection of ghazals, rubāʿīs, and smaller compositions
Illuminated with ʿunvān, ornamental panels separating poems, rulings, and large gold flecking or zar afshānī in borders and flyleaves, and a fine spray on paper in text areas; panel of a stylised scene of animals around a tree in gold, after colophon (f. 37r); calligraphic nastaʿlīq-i khafī
Colophon (f. 37r) date: avākhir of Rabīʿ II 912 (1506)
Scribe: ʿAlī al-Kātib
Ownership seals and inscriptions, several obliterated
Loose red velvet cover over binding
Text block detatched from binding
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