03792ctm a22004935i 4500 21575232 200617s15uu af 000 0 per 20260529174105.5 2019714660 ascs000207 DLC eng DLC Mir 'Ali and Sultan Bayazid Verses by Hilali ca. 1500-1550 1 volume ; 21.5 (w) x 33.5 (h) cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Persian poetry verses by the poet Hilali (d. 936/1529-30), written in nasta'liq script by the calligrapher Mir 'Ali Heravi (d. 951/1544-5) during the Shaybanid period. Dimensions of Written Surface: 13.3 (w) x 22.1 (h) cm It appears that this calligraphic piece attempts to highlight the close master-pupil relationship by pasting together their works onto a single album page. Other calligraphic fragments written by, or attributed to, Mir 'Ali are held in the collections of the Library of Congress. See, for example, 1-04-713.19.38, 1-87-154.159, 1-88-154.65, and 1-90-154.180. The blue text panel includes verses composed by the mystical poet Hilali (d. 936/1529-30), whose name appears in the upper left triangular corner. The other two text panels contain prayers for a king, wishing him glory and health, composed in the poetic format known as tarji-band (in between each stanza with a different rhyme appears a single hemistich with its own rhyme). The panel executed in white ink on the top left is signed in the lower left corner by the calligrapher Mir 'Ali. This famous Persian calligrapher, whose full name was Mir 'Ali Heravi (d. 951/1544-5), was active in the city of Herat (modern-day Afghanistan) during the 16th century until he was taken to Bukhara (modern-day Uzbekistan) in 935/1528-9 by the Shaybanid ruler 'Ubaydallah Khan Uzbek (Qadi Ahmad 1959: 126-131). He not only was a master calligrapher, but was a poet in his own right, having composed a number of sample verses (qit'as) in honor of his patrons. The text executed in black on blue paper is signed by another calligrapher, Sultan Bayazid (d. 986/1578). He was a respected pupil of Mir 'Ali. The master considered him his spiritual son and even calligraphed certain pieces for him, signing his name and making a note that the piece was for his "illustrious son, Sultan Bayazid" (Huart 1972, 233). This calligraphic fragment includes three distinct text panels all executed in nasta'liq script: one written in black ink on blue paper, another in white ink on beige paper with two illuminated triangles (or thumb pieces) in the upper and lower corners, and a third (lowermost horizontal) written in black ink on beige paper. All three panels were cut out and placed together, provided with a gold frame, and pasted to a larger sheet of paper decorated with flecks of gold. Script: nasta'liq Calligraphy, Arabic. Calligraphy, Persian. Manuscripts, Persian Washington (D.C.) Arabic script calligraphy Illuminated Islamic manuscripts Islamic calligraphy Islamic manuscripts Nasta'liq Afghanistan Herat Uzbekistan Tajikistan Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/ascs.178 View online content for this title. 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-nonroman -87-154.158 LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-644 amed/ggcalligraphy