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1 copy of Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ by 2 authors
The Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ, wanting about forty leases at the beginning, and not including the Qaṣīdahs
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Written in nastaʿlīq
Decoration
ʿUnwān
Gold-ruled margins
19 miniatures, in the Indian style, and of a high degree of finish, but partly defaced
Ḥāfiẓ walking in the desert.
Sulaimān with his attendant jinns and angels, surrounded by birds and animals.
Ḥāfiẓ and his companions in a tavern.
Khusrau watching Farhād cutting the aqueduct on Mt. Bisitun.
Ḥāfiẓ and his patron Muẓaffar sitting together in a pavilion.
A soothsayer and his companion before a young Mughal prince.
Manṣūr Ḥallāj being hanged.
Nūḥ (Noah) in the ark with birds and animals.
Yūsuf enthroned receiving his brothers.
A prince being entertained in a garden by a kamāncheh player.
A prince being handed a laudatory poem by a poet.
A scene in a courtyard outside a tavern (by Madhū). Inscription on the book giving the artist's name Ustād Madhū.
A drunken man being reproached by his companion.
Ḥāfiẓ with two companions.
A prince being presented with a laudatory poem.
Lailā visiting Majnūn in the desert.
Scene outside a tavern and wine distillery.
Polo players.
A prince drinking and listening to music of the vina.
Binding
Bound in painted covers
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