Frontispiece, from a manuscript of Nigaristan

Author: Ahmad

1573-74 CE/980 AH/AH 980

Ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper

Aga Khan Museum

This manuscript page features a golden rhomboid-shaped shamsa medallion with blue illuminations, surrounded by cartouches containing text and decorative bands with arabesques and lotus flowers. This manuscript page features a golden rhomboid-shaped shamsa medallion with blue illuminations, surrounded by cartouches containing text and decorative bands with arabesques and lotus flowers. Further Reading These opening pages are called Sarlauh . Folio AKM272.f2v consists the title of the book and the beginning of the chapter. In the centre of the vertical rectangle is a golden rhomboid-shaped shamsa, a medallion with blue illuminations. The first lines of the chronicle are written with white nastaliq script. The medallion is surrounded by two cartouches above and below. In the upper cartouche is the name of the book, Kitab-i Ni