Artist unknown.Painting with text; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, with binding: lacquer on paper with leather.29.21 x 19.05 x 3.5 cm (11 12 x 7 316 x 1 38 in.).Manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz, ca. 1527. Harvard Art MuseumArthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Welch, Jr., 1964.149, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
in qua itinera Regia et alia notabiliora accurate denotantur per A. Maas ; reductio mappæ haijus a majore in hanc monirem formam facta est per Iohannem Petrum van Ghelen.Covers portions of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran.Relief shown pictorially. Depth shown by soundings.Includes notes and ill."Cum Priv. S. C. M.".
Written in one column, 18 lines per page, in black rubricated and punctuated in red. Comments in the margins.Copy probably completed on 20 Shawwāl 1180 AH March 21, 1767 AD.Title from fol. 2v.Bound in red leather.Ownership statement and seal by Ibrāhīm ibn al-Shaykh Ḥusayn ibn al-Shaykh ʻAbbās al-Balāghī al-Najafī (f. 1v).MS Arab 424. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.
Title supplied by cataloger.Written in a small professional nastaliq script in black ink in two columns, on both sides of slips 8 x 15 cm. laid into the pages. Text framed within multiple colored lines (red, green, gold, black and blue).Page-borders are patterns of birds and animals in colors (pink, orange, blue, etc...) outlined in gold. First leave (f. 1v) illuminated.There are numerous aniconic headpieces in colors and gold, and 3 miniatures, of the Isfahan school, on ff. 14v, 47r, 95v.According to the ornamental colophon (f. 128r), copy completed on 10 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1012 AH April 9, 1604 AD in the hand of Shāh Qāsim.Bound in black morocco, gilt, with medallions in gold excavated on top and bottom boards.In a tray case, 30 cm.Persian poems.MS Typ 536. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
az ʻAlī Khān Ḥijāzī mulaqqab bih Viqār al-Mulk.LithographedDigital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation. December 2002. http:purl.oclc.orgDLFbenchrepro0212 MH
Abstract: The file contains a decipher telegram from the Government of India, External Affairs Department, to the Secretary of State for India regarding trade opportunities and the desirability of a war trade agreement with Iran. The telegram also refers to concerns over Iranian exports to Germany, and trade relations between Germany and Russia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 3; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains papers relating to the domestic political situation in Iran during 1949, and its international repercussions. In particular the papers discuss Perso-Soviet relations and Anglo-American fears of Soviet involvement with the Tudeh party in Iran. The papers also discuss various other matters, including the seven year economic development plan proposed by the Persian government, United Nations security council negotiations, embassy closures, and international radio propaganda from the Soviet Union. The papers are almost all diplomatic cables and dispatches forwarded between British legations in Tehran, Washington, and the Foreign Office in London.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 130; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.