Calligraphy from a Ghazal of Badr al-Din Hilali Jaghata’i (Persian, active c. 1500)

calligraphy by Faqir Ali (Persian, active c. 1550–1610)

c. 1550; borders added c. 1700s and mounted upside down

Medium
ink on paper (verso)
Classification
Calligraphy
Dimensions
Page: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.)
Culture
Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Credit line
Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art