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| Keywords: Indian - Single Leaf of Shah Sarmad and Prince Dara Shikoh - Walters W912 - Back.jpg According to inscriptions written in Nasta'liq script this painting Walters manuscript leaf W 912 depicts the Mughal prince Dara Shikoh born 1024 AH/AD 1615 and the holy man Shah Sarma seated under a tree Behind the wise man stands an attendant with a peacock-feather fan A celebrated scholar sufi and ruler Dara Shikoh was the eldest son of Shah Jahan On the back is a page of calligraphy signed with the epithet Jawahir raqam There are wide polychrome and illuminated borders on both sides of the leaf 12th century AH/AD 18th century Mughal ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard cm 43 5 24 3 ; Image cm 20 14 accession number W 912 39294 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2002 place of origin north India Walters Art Museum license 2D Dara Shikoh Nastaliq 18th-century illuminated manuscripts Mughal manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
