Mūsā nāma (The Book of Moses)

Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī

Artist Unknown

1686

Manuscript page with illustration of two figures embracing in center, surrounded by two figures watching, another watching with face covered, another prodding them from underneath, and an image of a room, with Judeo-Persian text on top and bottom of page.

Manuscript page with illustration of a fire with baby in the middle, as a kneeling figure puts out a hand, and two standing figures look on, one with sword in hand, and another wailing figure kneels in the corner, with Judeo-Persian text on top and bottom of page.

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Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī

14th Century

Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī was a Judeo-Persian poet, known for poetic epics that retell biblical books in rhymed couplets, a form called masnavī: Bereshit-nāmah (Genesis), Musā-nāmah (The Book of Moses), Ardashir-nāmah (Esther); and Ezra-nāmah (Ezra). His name, likely assumed, means “Our Master the Royal Falcon of Shiraz.” He lived in Īlkhānid Persia during the rule of Bahādur Abū Sa‘īd (1316–1335), for whom he wrote a panegyric.

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