ILLUSTRATED AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT
The complete volume of "Yusuf-ou-Zalikha", the popular poem by the famous mystic poet J'Ami, based on the Biblical story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife. The scribe, Mir Ali Sultani.
The colophon reads:
"Terminated by the sinner, humble Mir Ali Sultani the penman, may God forgive his sins and shelter his faults. Terminated in the month of Moharram al Haram in the year A.H. 944 (in letters) (A.D. 1537) in the glorious city of Bukhara."
The Dedication in the handwriting of the scribe, in ornate gold lettering, reads:
"For his majesty, the August, the just, the possessor of virtues, the great Khagan Ghazi Abd-ul-Aziz Bahadur Khan, may his domain last forever."
The autograph of the Emperor Shah Jahan, the "Great Mogul", on the magnificently decorated mount reads:
"In the name of God compassionate and merciful this Yusuf-ou-Zalikha treasured on the occasion of Blessed Accession." (A.D. 1627)
In confirmation of the foregoing, it is of great interest that Jahangir makes special reference in his memoirs (Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri) to an incident, as of highest importance, that he was presented by Abd-al-Rahim Khan, Khan-i-Khanan, with a superb copy of J'Ami's poem Yusuf-ou-Zalikha, transcribed by Mir Ali Sultani, "Prince of Penmen", and that the gift was appraised at "a thousand Muhr".
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COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT OF "YUSUF-OU-ZALIKHA", BY THE FAMOUS MYSTIC POET J'AMI