`Ali ibn Abi Talib in single combat with `Amr ibn Abdud, from the Garden of Purity (Rawzat al-safa), by Mir Khvand

Mahmud ibn Hajji al-Jahrami

`Ali ibn Abi Talib in single combat with `Amr ibn Abdud, from the Garden of Purity (Rawzat al-safa), by Mir Khvand. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on verso), from The Garden of Purity in the Biography of the prophets, kings and caliphs (Rawzat al-safa fi sirat al-anbiya' wa'l-muluk wa'l-khilafa'), by Muhammad Khwandshah ibn Mahmud, or Mir Khvand (d. 1498), second volume of his universal history, this volume describes the Prophet Muhammad and the four Rashidun Caliphs, copied by Mahmud ibn Hajji al-Jahrami, probably Shiraz, Iran, dated 24 Rajab 1003H, 4 April 1595.