Sikh Empire manuscript 36 - Public domain dedication image
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03/04/2007
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An illuminated firman of Fath 'Ali Shah (r.1797-1834), Persia, Qajar, dated 1803
Calligrapher’s license with a quatrain copied by Muhammad Asʿad Yasari (TKS GY 324.27-3)
Text from a historical manuscript of the Guru Granth Sahib 01
Painting titled 'Entrance to the Khyber Pass' by James Atkinson, ca.1840's
Badr al-Din Abu Nasr Farahi (d.1242), Lama’at al-Badr, a versified commentary on the al-Jami’ al-Saghir in concertina-form, Persia, Qajar, 19th century
‘Ali ibn Khalifah al-Mutatabbib al-Salmasi, Durar-e makhzan-e kaykawusi ('The Pearls of the Treasury of Kay Kawus'), commissioned for the library of Sultan Kay Kawus II (r.1247-57 AD), Konya, Anatolia, Seljuk, dated 1251
Guru Granth Sahib manuscript with superb handwriting and expert gold illumination held at Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar 01
A marriage contract, Qajar Iran, 1 July 1828
An important letter from Sultan Mahmud II to Prince 'Abbas Mirza, Constantinople, Ottoman Turkey, dated 1817-18
Farman of Mughal Emperor Akbar (National Museum, Delhi 92.26)
Colonel Dhaunkal Singh. Watercolour by a Company artist, Punjab, ca.1865
Guru Granth Sahib manuscript of the Damdami recension which contains a popular calendar art-style painting of the Sikh gurus pasted on a folio