Harvard Art Museums > 23.2015: Kalam al-Muluk by Mirza Taqi Aliabadi Mazandarani and his Divan Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Kalam al-Muluk by Mirza Taqi Aliabadi Mazandarani and his Divan , 23.2015,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/352098. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 23.2015 Title Kalam al-Muluk by Mirza Taqi Aliabadi Mazandarani and his Divan Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript Date dated 1838 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Qajar period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/352098 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, colors, and gold on paper; gilded leather binding Dimensions 21.3 x 13.7 cm (8 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar Object Number 23.2015 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The manuscript contains the Kalam al-Muluk (or Risala-yi Khaqaniyya) composed by Mirza Muhammad Taqi Aliabadi Mazandarani (1198-1256/1783-1840) with the penname Sahib Divan. The content was narrated by Fath ‘Ali Shah concerning history and lineage in the last year of his life (1250). This manuscript is dated Jumada II 1254/ August 1838 (two years before the composer’s death). It comprises a prose part dated Shaʿban 1258/July 1842, and seven other chapters, each decorated with a simply illuminated sarlawh. The text is copied in nastaʿliq script in 21 lines per page and two columns for verses. A separate quire smaller than the present paper size is preserved in the same binding. It has an illuminated sarlawh in Qajar style above which the name of Muhammad ʿAli Shah Qajar is inscribed. This text is also copied in nastaʿliq and bears the seal impression of Malik al-Shu‘ra-yi Astan-i Muqaddas. The medium brown leather binding with gilded and tooled central and corner pieces is decorated with marbled paper on the inside cover. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
