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Summary

Artist

Sultan Ali Mashhadi (1435–1519)
Alternative names	Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi; Sultan `Ali Mashhadi; Sultan 'Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mashhadi; Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Description	Iranian calligrapher, poet, scribe and writer
Date of birth/death	circa 1435	1519
Location of birth/death	Mashhad	Mashhad
Authority file	: Q5922231 VIAF: 96545562 ULAN: 500116608 GND: 1252430221



Alternative names	Faríd-Uddín Attar; Farid al-Din `Attar
Description	Iranian philosopher, poet, writer, pharmacist, biographer and mystic
Date of birth/death	March 1145	26 April 1221
Location of birth/death	Nishapur	Nishapur
Authority file	: Q194091 VIAF: 120724759 ISNI: 0000000121491783 LCCN: n81059703 NLA: 35009956 MusicBrainz: ffa4bb4b-7783-4019-a1c1-09956e76bae7 WorldCat

Title

"Funeral Procession", Folio 35r from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds)

Azərbaycanca: "Dəfn mərasimi", bir "Mantiq al-tair"-dan bir sahifə.

Esperanto: "Funebra Procesio", Folio 35r el ekzemplero de Mantiq al-tair (Konvresacio de la Birdoj)

Part of

Object type

Description

Date

dated A.H. 892/ A.D. 1487

Medium

Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Painting: H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)

               W. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)

Page: H. 13 in. (33 cm)

         W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)

W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Current location

Islamic Art

Accession number

63.210.35

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1963

References

Source/Photographer

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