Calligraphy Iran, Qajar Period, 1894 ink and opaque colors on paper, 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (31 x 19 cm) Edna Hadley Collection 1968.31

This page of Farsi calligraphy is written in fine nasta’liq script and signed by the calligrapher Imad al-Husaini. The inscription in the center of the lower border indicates that this work was commissioned by the Governor of Khurasan and Sistan for the shrine of Imam Rida, for which he served as trustee. The border is in the ornate Qajar period style with roses and nightingales in the decoration.


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