Two folios probably from Hamla-i Haydari,

Two leaves of Persian manuscript, calligraphic in "nasta'liq" on 17 lines in four columns, titles in red ink, each illustrated with a battle scene in gouache enhanced with gold.

Central India, Deccan, late 18th century

Page 27.2 x 17.8 cm; Miniature: 10.5 x 12.3 cm and 8 x 12.3 cm



Hamla-i Haydari is a Persian work in verse composed by the poet Bazil Mashhadi in 1124. It deals with the history of the Prophet, his first four successors and the battles of early Islam. These two pages involve two important figures of the Umayyad period: 'Abdullah Ibn Zubayr (d.692) and 'Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, (d.686).



Two folios probably from a manuscript of Hamla-i Haydari, Central India, Deccan, late 18th century.