Shahanshah Name-ye Fath Ali Khan-e Saba Ms. no. 5998 in Library of Malik: An Artistic Masterpiece from the Qajar Period

The article begins with a discussion on the skill of artistic book design in the Qajar period and speaks of the influential elements such as historical background, and supports from the Royal court, and is followed by a look into the life of the poet composer of Shahanshah Name, Fath Ali Khan-e Saba. Different manuscripts are identified, reviewing other Shahanshah Names,writtenbefore him, which are considered as enforcers for the art of painting in the Qajar period. A codicology of the Shahanshah Name Mss. preserved in the Library of Malik leads to a study on the works by Mohammad Hasan Afshar, the painter of Shahanshah Name of Fath Ali Khan-e Saba, and finally, we come to analyze the characteristics of his work.