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W.713, Single leaf of a portrait of Shah Abbas I

Abstract

According to the inscription in the upper panel, this painting depicts the Safavid ruler Shāh ʿAbbās I (r. 996 AH / 1588 CE -- 1038 AH / 1629 CE). It was likely produced in India in the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. The Safavid ruler is shown in a stylized landscape. On the verso of the leaf is a sample of calligraphy in nastaʿlīq script quoting verses by the Persian poet Saʿdī Shīrāzī (d. 691 AH / 1292 CE). These verses were executed in Samarqand by Muḥammad Amīn ibn Bābā Jān in 990 AH / 1582-3 CE.

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1. fol. W.713a

   
   • W713_000001_741.tif
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   • W713_000001_300.tif
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   • W713_000001_sap.jpg
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   • W713_000001_thumb.jpg
     Size: 17.2 kB (17,638 bytes)

2. fol. W.713b

   
   • W713_000002_600.tif
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   • W713_000002_300.tif
     Size: 44.1 MB (46,269,284 bytes)
   • W713_000002_sap.jpg
     Size: 925.0 kB (947,242 bytes)
   • W713_000002_thumb.jpg
     Size: 15.0 kB (15,373 bytes)