Colophon page from a Mughal manuscript of the
Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa‘di of Shiraz (1203-1292)
It depicts the eminent scribe Muhammad Husayn al-Kashmiri known as Zarrin Qalam (Golden Pen)
and the artist Manohar as a youth
Fatehpur Sikri,
1582
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Stunning example of one of the very best calligraphy produced at Akbar’s court in this 1583 copy of Saadi’s Gulistan, produced at Fatehpur by Zarrin Qalam

Now at the RAS, via Neil Edmonstone, once Resident at Awadh in the 18th c

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