به یاد باد صبا ˷ be yade bade saba


पछुवा हवा ˷ a persian ballad


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Shamsa Medallion, 16-17th c. (Opaque watercolor, gold, and black ink inlaid on laid paper) The word ‘Shamsa’ derives from the Arabic word for the sun. By the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries it became a customary device for the opening pages of royal manuscripts in Safavid Iran and Mughal India. Traditionally the centre is left as a plain gold disc, representing the singularity from which all emerges.

Shamsa Medallion, 16-17th c. (Opaque watercolor, gold, and black ink inlaid on laid paper)


The word ‘Shamsa’ derives from the Arabic word for the sun. By the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries it became a customary device for the opening pages of royal manuscripts in Safavid Iran and Mughal India. Traditionally the centre is left as a plain gold disc, representing the singularity from which all emerges.

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