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LA'L (ACTIVE 1570-1605)
Folio from a Mughal Album (painting by La'l, calligaphy by Mir 'Ali and Muhammad Husayn Kashmiri).
1590 - 1600RCIN 1005039
Verso: Painting by La'l, c.1590-1600
A painting of a Mughal masjlis (gathering). An open book held by the prince appears to be the topic of discussion and a kneeling scribe takes notes behind them.
Recto: Specimens of calligraphy by Mir 'Ali and Muhammad Husayn Kashmiri
A poetic verse in praise of the prophet (Na't); Attar's qhazal number 51 and verses from 'The Conference of the Birds'; a quatrain from Nizami's 'Khusrow and Shirin' and another unidentified quatrain.
A painting of a Mughal masjlis (gathering). An open book held by the prince appears to be the topic of discussion and a kneeling scribe takes notes behind them.
Recto: Specimens of calligraphy by Mir 'Ali and Muhammad Husayn Kashmiri
A poetic verse in praise of the prophet (Na't); Attar's qhazal number 51 and verses from 'The Conference of the Birds'; a quatrain from Nizami's 'Khusrow and Shirin' and another unidentified quatrain.
