Fragmentary verses, Safi al-Husayni, unknown, Calligraphy, Arabic, Calligraphy, Persian, Manuscripts, Persian, Washington (), India, Iran, Arabic script calligraphy, Illuminated Islamic manuscripts, Islamic calligraphy, Islamic manuscripts, Nasta'liq, Calligraphic fragment with four verses of Persian poetry attributed to Safi al-Husayni in the 16th cent in the Nasta'liq script from India or Iran., I want to see your face again / Seeing your made my fortune / without end / Their presence made (my) heart and eye happy, didan-i / Jamalat dida shu


Fragmentary verses, Safi al-Husayni, unknown, Calligraphy, Arabic, Calligraphy, Persian, Manuscripts, Persian, Washington (), India, Iran, Arabic script calligraphy, Illuminated Islamic manuscripts, Islamic calligraphy, Islamic manuscripts, Nasta'liq, Calligraphic fragment with four verses of Persian poetry attributed to Safi al-Husayni in the 16th cent in the Nasta'liq script from India or Iran., I want to see your face again / Seeing your made my fortune / without end / Their presence made (my) heart and eye happy, didan-i / Jamalat dida shud / bi-karana / Mujab-i 'aysh dil u dida? shud, Dimensions of Written Surface: 12 (w) x (h) cm, In the upper right corner appears a pasted gold panel, while the lower right corner contains the truncated name of the calligrapher, Safi al-Husayni. This calligrapher is otherwise unknown, although he may have been active in Persia or India sometime during or after the 16th century., This calligraphic fragment is in very poor condition. The four verses of Persian poetry are interrupted by a number of large holes in the paper. A few words can be read, however:, Script: nasta'liq, , 1 volume; (w) x (h) cm


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