1. Album of miniatures and specimens of calligraphy of Indian origin.

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Abstract: Album of miniatures and specimens of calligraphy of Indian origin. Described by Mika Natif.Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloger.The album consists of 55 folios measuring 485 x 280 mm.Origin: The signed paintings and calligraphies are attributed to Mīr ʻAlī, Sulṭān ʻAlī al-Mashhadī, Muḥammad ʻAẓīm al-Ikthīr, ʻImād al-Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad Muʻīn ʻAlī Tajallī (= Shāh Muḥammad Muʻīn ʻAlī Tajallī Chishtī, fol. 32a), Muḥammad Ibrāhīm, ʻAbd Allāh, Muḥammad ʻAlī, Muḥammad Badīʻ al-Iṣfahānī, Tajallī ʻAlī Shāh, Muḥammad Karīm, Anūp Chator (Chatar, Chitor: see Titley), Mīr Muḥammad Māh Ḥusaynī, Zayn al-Ḥaqq, Zarrīn Raqam, Muḥammad Afḍal, Ghulām Muṣṭafá Khān, Muḥammad Aṭhar, Asad Allāh, Mughalkhān, Ghulām Jamāl Allāh Khān, Sayyid ʻAlī Būkhārī Rūshan Raqam, Jawāhir Raqam-i Thānī, Muḥammad Ḥusayn, Muḥammad ʻAlī Gawhar, Muḥammad al-Fakhkhār, Abū al-Baqāʼ al-Mūsawī, Kifāyat Khān, Ismāʻīl, Ilyās Bahādur, Aḥmad Shāh, Muḥammad Dalīr, and date from 1014H. 1630 or 31 to 1189 1775. Other undated paintings can be dated to 18th-19th century India and 16th or early 17th century Central Asia. One piece is dated Awrangābād, 1203 1788 or 9 (fol. 22a).