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From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 42 from the Kitab-i Nauras (Book of Nine Essences) of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur (r. 1580–1627) (recto)

From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 42 from the Kitab-i Nauras (Book of Nine Essences) of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur (r. 1580–1627) (recto)

1618
calligraphy by

Khalilullah Butshikan

(Persian, active in India 1596–c. 1620)
India, Bijapur, Deccan
ink with two-tone gold on paper, double-sided
Page: 20.6 x 11 cm (8 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.284.a
Location: not on view
  • Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700: Opulence and Fantasy . The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (April 14-July 26, 2015).
    "The Indian Heritage," Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1982.
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