id: 151217 accession number: 1983.1115 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.1115 updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:20.366000 Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso), c. 1509–50. Sultan Muhammad Khandan (Iranian, d. after 1550). Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Mehmed A. Simsar in memory of Dr. Mehmed A. Simsar 1983.1115 title: Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1509–50 creation date earliest: 1500 creation date latest: 1559 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. Mehmed A. Simsar in memory of Dr. Mehmed A. Simsar copyright: --- culture: Afghanistan, Herat, Safavid period (1501–1722) technique: ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper department: Islamic Art collection: Islamic Art type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Sultan Muhammad Khandan (Iranian, d. after 1550) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: [Persian quatrain] translation: remark: inscription: [Persian quatrain] translation: remark: inscription: Al-faqīr Sulṭān Muḥammad Khandān translation: remark: inscription: [Persian khamriyya] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Mehmed A. [Louise Dean] Simsar [1900–1986], Washington, DC, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1983 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1983- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This page contains two quatrains—poems made up of four lines. The diagonally written text in the center of the page is a poem addressed to a ruler, expressing hope for his success and the downfall of his enemies. The second poem is split between the horizontal panels at the top and bottom of the page. This quatrain praises the beauty of the writer’s beloved, saying that “her moonlike face can steal away a hundred besotted hearts.” At the right are calligraphic exercises displaying letters of the alphabet and the virtuoso skill of the calligrapher Sultan Muhammad Khandan, who signed the page in the triangle at the lower left of the inner text block. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.1115/1983.1115_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.1115/1983.1115_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.1115/1983.1115_full.tif