Nala Damayanti
Title Nala Damayanti
Accession Number C325
Museum Name Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
Gallery Name NA
Object Type Manuscript
Main Material Paper
Author Shaikh Faizi (1547-1595)
Provenance The Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad, 1904.
Scribe Unknown
Subject A Romantic Poem
Language Persian
Script Nast'aliq
Inscription 13 lines to a page.
Number of folios 184
Number of Illustrations 31 of Mursidabad school
Dimensions 15.3x24.2cm
Brief Description

5 Seals(on the first page there are 4 seal impressions and 1 seal on the concluding page)as well as an endorsement stating that the book was to be placed in the Royal Library by the orders of Saiyyad Akbar Raza Darogha-i-Kutubkhana-i-Sarkari Ali.

The Manuscript is written in an exquisite hand and ornamented with richly decorated margins with attractive designs.

Detailed Description

A story from the Sanskrit Mahabharata - the well known episode of Nala and Damayanti. Translated into Persian at the command of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Manuscript Copy