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"inscription": "Persian inscription in central small rectangular panel below, in nasta\u2018liq script:\n\tCopied by Mirza Muhammad",
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"inscription": "Chaghatai quatrain in center, in nasta\u2018liq script:\n\nThe wine has made an attempt on my life,/\nSince it is the wine that can wear down the pain of separation./\nO Sufi! Let the mosque be for you, and the tavern for me,/\nSince you need to arrive at the Spring of Kowsar, while I am in need of wine!",
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"inscription": "Persian signature in lower left triangular panel:\nThe humble Sultan Muhammad Nur",
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"inscription": "Chaghatai verses in margins, in nasta\u2018liq script:\nSince many obscurities have become clear to you,/\nSo make it clear that you can put up with my secret pain./\nCompassion is the cure for my wounds/\nO beloved! O darling! O beauty!",
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"description": "This page of delicately illuminated calligraphy from the pre-Mughal period was mounted into a Mughal album. The poems are written in the native language of the Mughals, a form of Turkish called Chaghatai, using a flowing form of Arabic script called nasta\u2018liq. The Mughals self-consciously adopted Persian as their official court language, so few Chaghatai books or works of calligraphy were made for them.
The quatrain in the center reads: The wine has made an attempt on my life, Since it is the wine that can wear down the pain of separation. O Sufi! Let the mosque be for you, and the tavern for me, Since you need to arrive at the Spring of Kowsar, while I am in need of wine! The Spring of Kowsar is where the righteous quench their thirst in the afterlife.",
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"citation": "Wilson, Arnold Talbot. Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Persian Art; Partrons: His Majesty the King, His Majesty Riza\u0304 Sha\u0304h Pahlavi. 7th January to 28th February, 1931, Royal Academy of Arts, London. London: Office of the Exhibition [Printed by Gee & Co.], 1931.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 250, no. 631",
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"citation": "Mace, Sonya Rhie, Mohsen Ashtiany, Catherine Glynn, Pedro Moura Carvalho, Marcus Fraser, and Ruby Lal. Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: the Cleveland Museum of Art. London: D Giles Limited, 2016.",
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