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| Keywords: Amir Khusraw Dihlavi - Colophon - Walters W624211A - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 624 contains a colophon that gives the name of the calligrapher as Muhammad Husayn Zarrin Qalam and the date 142 which is difficult to interpret Seyller and Brend read it as dated 42 and thus interpret it as the 42nd year of Emperor Akbar's reign i e AD March 1597-March 1598 According to Seyller the vertical stroke that precedes the 42 should be regarded as an extended dot over the nun in the word sana year According to Brend the vertical stroke should be read as an alif for ilahi between 1597 1598 Mughal ink pigments laid paper cm 28 5 19 accession number W 624 211A 78322 Muhammad Zaki 1241 AH/AD 1825-1826 mode of acquisition unknown oval seal fols 1a 211a 'abd al-raji Muhammad Shafi' 1247 AH/AD 1831-1832 mode of acquisition unknown rectangular seal fols 1a 211a Muhammad 'Ali date and mode of acquisition unknown large oval seal with no date on fol 211a Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transliteration place of origin Lahore Pakistan Walters Art Museum license 2D Khamsa of Amir Khusraw Walters MS 624 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
