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"Enthronement of a Young Prince (Shapur II?)", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami

Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami

second half 16th century

"Enthronement of a Young Prince (Shapur II?)", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami by Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami

Medium

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

H. 9 in. (22.9 cm) W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

Classification

Codices

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956

Accession Number

57.51.39.2

Tags

PrincesMenCeremony

Art Historical Context

This exquisite folio, titled *Enthronement of Young Prince (Shapur?)*, comes from a 16th-century manuscript of Jami's renowned Persian poem *Yus and Zulaikha*, a poetic retelling of the biblical story Joseph. Created in the second half of the th century during the Safavid era in Persia, it captures a ceremonial moment of royal enthronement, possibly evoking the legendary Sasanian king Shapur. Jami, the esteemed Sufi poet Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman (1414–1492), inspired such lavish illustrations, blending spiritual narrative with imperial grandeur. Rendered in opaque watercolor and gold...

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