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An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i Jahangiri (recto)

Date

1607–8

Medium

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Culture

Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)

Department

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Farhang-E Jahāngīrī , one of the most complete and authoritative dictionaries of the Persian language, was compiled by Mir Jamal al-Din Husayn Inju. It took him twelve years to compile over 9,000 words with definitions and examples from verses by Persian poets. He was born in Shiraz, Iran, but lived most of his life in Agra, India, so the dictionary was named honor of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, who reigned from 1605 to 1627.

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