This is an illuminated and illustrated manuscript of a small collection of short love poems of the type called <em>tarjī`band</em> by Nūr al-Dīn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). It was copied in black<em> nasta‘līq</em> script by the calligrapher Muḥammad Zamān al-Tabrīzī in 998 AH / 1589-90 CE in Safavid Iran. The text is written on orange-tinted paper, and the bluish-green borders are illuminated throughout. The manuscript opens with an incipit page with illuminated headpiece (fol. 1b), and there are two illustrations (fols. 3a and 6a). The Qajar lacquer binding is decorated with floral motifs and is inscribed with verses attributed to Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib. An ownership statement is present, and dated 1311 AH / 1893-4 CE, stating that this precious book was bought for his son, Maḥmūd Askānī, from a woman for 10 <em>ashrafis</em> (gold dinars) (fol. 6b).
<br>Calligraphy, Persian; Illuminations; Love; Persian poetry; Poetry
Jāmī, 1414-1492
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