This fragment probably formed part of a collection of <em>munsha'at</em> (literary compositions) showing how to write appropriate praises and petitions to a ruler. Some of these calligraphies, including this piece, appear to have been executed in Ta'liq script in India during the 17th and 18th centuries. This fragment tells how to compose a <em>na't</em> or <em>munajat </em>(formal praise) to a ruler using his many <em>alqab </em>(honorific epithets). A number of praises of the ruler's <em>mulkuhu</em> (power) and his <em>sultanuhu</em> (dominion) precede the <em>ardh</em> or <em>arz</em> (formal request or petition). In the penultimate diagonal line appears the date of 14 Jumadah I, although no year is specified nor is the piece signed by its calligrapher. The composition is executed in black Indian Ta'liq script framed by cloud bands on a beige paper. The ink from another calligraphic fragment, formerly contained in the same album of calligraphies, seems to have bled onto this piece. Several lines in reverse writing have stained the central calligraphic panel. The text appears on a background painted in gold ink, is framed by a plain blue border, and is pasted to a pink sheet backed by cardboard.
<br>Arabic calligraphy; Arabic manuscripts; Illuminations; Kings and rulers
between 1600 and 1799 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1799-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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