Folio 16r: Dedicatory Rosette

Mehran DHN

This richly ornamented rosette, like a sunburst in the manuscript, is inscribed. In the upper cartouche one reads: In His Name, the Most Praised and Most Exalted! IN THE ROSETTE: Commissioned for the Library of the most mighty Sultan, and the most just and beneficent Khaqan [Grand Khan], sultan, son and grandson of sultans, Abu\l-Muzaffar [The Victorious], Sultan Shah Tahmasp, of Huseyni and Safavid descent, Bahadur [The Valiant] Khan. May God, the Most Exalted, perpetuate his realm and his rule, and diffuse . . . IN THE LOWER CARTOUCHE: ... his justice and his benevolence throughout the world!