Manuscripts

Description This figure can be identified as a dervish, as he drapes himself in a blue khirqa, a cloak worn by Sufis that is characterized by extremely long sleeves. This garment had special meaning, and was awarded to an aspirant (murid), usually after several years…

Description Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Majma’ al-tawarikh (Compendium of history) by Hafiz-i Abru; text: Persian in black and red naskh script, recto: text, one column, thirty-three lines of text; verso: illustration and text: Jamshid enthroned, one column, twenty lines; one of…