Hamzanama

Hamzanama ( Persian: حمزه نامه, Epic of Hamza ) or Dastan -e -Amir Hamza ( Persian: داستان امیر حمزه, Adventures of Amir Hamza ) is an important work which the fantastic stories of Hamza ibn ' Abd al - Muttalib, an uncle the Islamic prophet Muhammad told. One of the illustrated manuscripts, a masterpiece of Islamic art is built around 1558-1573 during the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar.

The Hamzanama was designed to glorify the exploits of its protagonist. The novel is based on ancient writings and oral traditions which can be traced back more than 1000 years to the ancient Persian Achaemenid Empire.

The manuscripts of Hamzanama

The Dastan -e -Amir Hamza exist in different versions.

The most important illustrated manuscript dates from the reign of Akbar and comprised 1400 pages. Usually located on one side of the leaves a picture in the format 54 × 69 cm, which connect Persian motifs with Indian style. The opposite side of most of the leaves, however, shows texts in Nasta'liq, a Persian font. The leaves are so arranged that the paintings back the front page of the same texts to accompany and complement the narrative. The colophon of the manuscript is missing and none of the leaves is signed. The majority of these sheets is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum in London. Another significant portion is in the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna.

A later version was issued in 1855 by Navab Mirza Aman Ali Khan Ghalib Lakhnavi and published by the Hakim Sahib Press in Bengal Kolkata. This version was decorated in 1871 by Abdullah Bilgrami and published by the Naval Kishore Press in the Indian city of Lucknow.

The Hamzanama was in 16-17. Century translated into the Javanese language board and go further on the Indonesian island of Lombok, where Amir Hamzah was the hero of the word cycle Serat Menak Sasak whose stories are listed as shadow play ( wayang kulit ).

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