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A manuscript text related to the Nala-Damayanti story, in Urdu, with 17 illustrations, copied by...

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Lot 4

A manuscript text related to the Nala-Damayanti story, in Urdu, with 17 illustrations, copied by...

Price Realised: £984

Estimate: £800 - £1,200

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A manuscript text related to the Nala-Damayanti story, in Urdu, with 17 illustrations, copied by Mirza Amir Bayg, resident at the mosque of Vazir Khan
Lahore, dated 9 Rajab 1275/12th February 1859


Urdu manuscript on paper, 62 leaves, 15ll. to the page written in two columns in nasta'liq script in black ink, headings written in red, inner margins ruled in red, yellow, black and blue, catchwords, one illuminated headpiece in colours and gold, 17 illustrations in gouache and gold, green cloth binding

Folio 31.7 x 20 cm.


The colophon states that the book of Nal Damatni [sic] was completed by Mirza Amir Bayg, resident at the mosque of Vazir Khan, which is in Lahore, on 9 Rajab 1275 (12 February 1859). The scribe is not recorded.

The date 1244AH/1828-29AD also appears above the colophon, which perhaps records the date of composition of the Urdu version of the text, though it is not clear.

The story of Nala and Damayanti is recounted by the Pandava brothers in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. They were happily married to each other, until an evil King seeking revenge entered Nala's body and altered his benevolent personality. As a result of Nala's subsequent misdeeds, they lost their possessions and were driven into exile. The 12th Century poem, Naishadha Charita, which expands upon the love of Nala and his wife Damayanti first detailed in the Mahabharata, is often illustrated in Pahari paintings.

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