Eastern Encounters
Drawn from the Royal Library's collection of South Asian books and manuscripts
Folio from a Mughal album (Calligraphy by Muhammad Husayn and Mir Ali).
Mughal, <i>c.</i>1600Folio from an early Mughal album (see cat. no. 3) | A composite page: black ink and gold metallic paint on blue paper with opaque watercolour rulings; set into margins of gold metallic paint on light brown paper | 37.1 × 24.1 cm (folio); 30.7 × 17.7 cm (panel) | RCIN 1005052
[I] call upon Ali, the Manifestor of Miracles
You will find in him help in hardship
All grief and anxiety will disappear through your care
Oh Ali, Oh Ali, Oh Ali.