Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso)
c. 1509–50
Sultan Muhammad Khandan
Sultan Muhammad Khandan (Iranian, d. after 1550)
Islamic Art
Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso), c. 1509–50. Sultan Muhammad Khandan (Iranian, d. after 1550). Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Mehmed A. Simsar in memory of Dr. Mehmed A. Simsar 1983.1115
- Maker/Artist
- Sultan Muhammad Khandan
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper
- Medium
- ink, gold, opaque, watercolor, paper
- Inscribed
- Inscription: [Persian quatrain] Translation: To the chain of her tresses, O Lord!/ Fetter not one with a besotted heart!/ For in a trice, deploying her beauty,/ Her moonlike face can steal away a hundred besotted hearts. Inscription: [Persian quatrain] Translation: The hope is for your enemies to suffer a reversal of fortune;/ And both worlds (here and hereafter) to fall into your grasp./ Under your shadow you harbor compassion, so it is a marvel to behold:/ A shade lightening the world. Inscription: Al-faqīr Sulṭān Muḥammad Khandān Translation: The poor (one) Sulṭān Muḥammad Khandān Inscription: [Persian khamriyya] Translation: We are the ones who are perpetually intoxicated/ In our gatherings there is naught save wine and the cup.
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1983.1115
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Mehmed A. Simsar in memory of Dr. Mehmed A. Simsar
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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