This Mughal drawing, dating to the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE, depicts six spiritual teachers arranged in a semi-circle. Two of these figures are Ḥazrat Miyān Shāh Mīr (d. 1045 AH / 1635 CE) and his disciple Mullā Shāh [Badakhshī] (d. 1072 AH / 1661 CE) (facing each other). Miyān Mīr was a spiritual instructor of Dārā Shikūh (d. 1069 AH / 1659 CE), the oldest son of the Mughal Emperor Shāh Jahān. The other figures are: Ḥazrat Mullā Khvājah, Miyān Abū al-Maʿālī, Shāh Muḥammad Dilrubā, and Shāh Khayālī.
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Cataloger: Landau, Amy
Cataloger: Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Barrera, Christina
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Simpson, Shreve
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
India
11th century AH / 17th CE
leaf
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
India
11th century AH / 17th CE
leaf
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
This Mughal drawing, dating to the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE, depicts six spiritual teachers arranged in a semi-circle. Two of these figures are Ḥazrat Miyān Shāh Mīr (d. 1045 AH / 1635 CE) and his disciple Mullā Shāh [Badakhshī] (d. 1072 AH / 1661 CE) (facing each other). Miyān Mīr was a spiritual instructor of Dārā Shikūh (d. 1069 AH / 1659 CE), the oldest son of the Mughal Emperor Shāh Jahān. The other figures are: Ḥazrat Mullā Khvājah, Miyān Abū al-Maʿālī, Shāh Muḥammad Dilrubā, and Shāh Khayālī.
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Cataloger: Landau, Amy
Cataloger: Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Barrera, Christina
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Simpson, Shreve
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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