Folio page with 9 lines of black calligraphy arranged in four columns on a tan background. Below is a painting with 12 figures pleading and praying, facing a rocky outcrop in the upper right. There is a tree in the upper left. All are enclosed by a multicoloured lined border.
AKM284.9, Dhu’l-Nun Prays for Rain for the Egyptians

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Dhu’l-Nun Prays for Rain for the Egyptians
Folio from the Manuscript of Kulliyat (Collected Works) of Sa`di (d. 1292)
  • Accession Number:AKM284.9
  • Place:India, Agra
  • Dimensions:41.8 x 26.2 cm
  • Date:ca. 1604
  • Materials and Technique:opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on paper

  • This is the seventh painting to appear in the Bustan, and it is marked as page 124 in the manuscript. It represents the story of Dhu’l-Nun, an Egyptian mystic who died in 861 CE.

     

    See AKM284 for an introduction to the Kulliyat (Collected Works) of Sa'di, and other paintings from this manuscript.

     

    — Marika Sardar

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