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Five Poems &x28;quintet&x29;, Incipit Page With Illuminated Headpiece, Walters Manuscript W.666, Fol. 1b - This Is An Illuminated And Illustrated Copy Of The Ḫamse (quintet) Of The Ottoman Turkish Poet And Scholar Ê¿Aá¹ÄʾullÄh Bin Yaḥyá Ê¿Aá¹Äʾī (d. 1044 AH / 1634 CE). Although Different In Content, This Work Takes Its Inspiration From The Famous Persian Khamsah Of NiẓÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d. 605 AH / 1209 CE) And The Khamsah Of AmÄ«r Khusraw DihlavÄ« (d. 725 AH / 1325 CE). This Ottoman Copy Of Ê¿Aá¹Äʾī's Work Ends With A Portion Of His DÄ«vÄn (fols. 142b-151b) Instead Of The Fifth Poem (mesnevi), Ḥilyet ül-efkÄr. The Text, Written In NastaÊ¿lÄ«q Script, Was Copied By Ḫeyrullah ḪeyrÄ« ÇÄvuÅŸzade In 1133 AH / 1721 CE. There Are Thirty-eight Illustrations, And Illuminated Incipits Introduce The Different Poems (fols. 1b, 22b, 63b, 107b, And 142b). The Brown Leather Binding Is Original To The Manuscript. Photo
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