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Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 137a

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures.Majnūn and his father (on the right) in front of the Kaʿbah in Mecca. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures.Majnūn and his father (on the right) in front of the Kaʿbah in Mecca. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 15a

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Riding through a ruined village, the Sasanian Nūshirvān and his Prime Minster Dastūr see two owls talking. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Riding through a ruined village, the Sasanian Nūshirvān and his Prime Minster Dastūr see two owls talking. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Burning and melting, Bridegroom is buried under a collapsed building, Walters Manuscript W.649, fol. 13a

On the morning the young man and woman were to be wed, the bridegroom travels to the home of his beloved. On his way, he stops to rest in a mud building. As a result of heavy rains, the structure falls and buries the bridegroom and his companions alive. An elegantly calligraphed, illuminated and illustrated copy of the poem Sūz va gudāz ('Burning and melting') by Nawʿī Khabūshānī (d.1019 AH /1610 CE) which recounts the love story of a Hindu girl who decides to burn herself on the pyre of her betrothed killed accidentally just before their marriage. The present codex was penned by Ibn Sayyid Murād al-Ḥusaynī and illustrated by Muḥammad ʿAlī Mashhadī in 1068 AH / 1657 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30391. On the morning the young man and woman were to be wed, the bridegroom travels to the home of his beloved. On his way, he stops to rest in a mud building. As a result of heavy rains, the structure falls and buries the bridegroom and his companions alive. An elegantly calligraphed, illuminated and illustrated copy of the poem Sūz va gudāz ('Burning and melting') by Nawʿī Khabūshānī (d.1019 AH /1610 CE) which recounts the love story of a Hindu girl who decides to burn herself on the pyre of her betrothed killed accidentally just before their marriage. The present codex was penned by Ibn Sayyid Murād al-Ḥusaynī and illustrated by Muḥammad ʿAlī Mashhadī in 1068 AH / 1657 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30391

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 238b

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Bahrām Gūr in the sandal wood-colored pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Bahrām Gūr in the sandal wood-colored pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 104b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. The reconciliation of Khusraw and Shīrīn. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. The reconciliation of Khusraw and Shīrīn. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Kind to winter Yalta

Kind to winter Yalta

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 110a

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. Shīrūyah stabbing Khusraw, his father. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. Shīrūyah stabbing Khusraw, his father. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

AH-64E TADS/PNVS close-up.

AH-64E TADS/PNVS close-up.

Collection of poems (masnavi), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.625, fol. 1a

Medallion filled with gilt. Leaf from an elegantly calligraphed and illuminated copy of the collection of poems, known as Mas̱navī-i maʿnavī, by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d.672 AH / 1273 CE). This codex was penned by Aḥmad ibn Ḥājjī Abī Bakr al-Kātib in 865 AH / 1461 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=22125. Medallion filled with gilt. Leaf from an elegantly calligraphed and illuminated copy of the collection of poems, known as Mas̱navī-i maʿnavī, by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d.672 AH / 1273 CE). This codex was penned by Aḥmad ibn Ḥājjī Abī Bakr al-Kātib in 865 AH / 1461 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=22125

The Citadel of Qaitbay

The Citadel of Qaitbay

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KLEINE BROGEL, BELGIUM - SEP 8, military Apache attack helicopter

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 185b

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Illuminated headpiece with the inscription in white ink on blue background giving the title of the book Kitāb-i Haft paykar. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Illuminated headpiece with the inscription in white ink on blue background giving the title of the book Kitāb-i Haft paykar. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 193b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Iskandar fighting the Zanghis. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Iskandar fighting the Zanghis. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Kind to winter Yalta

Kind to winter Yalta

Illuminated Manuscript Koran, The right side of a double-page opening inscribed with verses of the first chapter (Sūrat al-

An illuminated large size copy of the Koran (Qur'an) produced in the 11th century AH / 17th CE in Iran. Apart from using a number of scripts, such as naskh, muḥaqqaq and tawqīʿ, this codex features six pairs of decorated pages, two illuminated headpieces, as well as illuminated chapter headings, cloud-bands, and marginal decoration. The black morocco binding has a central piece in the form of a diamond with pendants on four sides. The inner covers, having a traditional dentelle decoration, features text from the "the verse of the throne" (āyat al-kursī), which is inscribed in the outer frame. The right side of a double-page opening decoration containing the text of the first chapter (Sūrat al-fātiḥah) inscribed in the center medallion in gold muḥaqqaq script on a blue background. An illuminated large size copy of the Koran (Qur'an) produced in the 11th century AH / 17th CE in Iran. Apart from using a number of scripts, such as naskh, muḥaqqaq and tawqīʿ, this codex features six pairs of decorated pages, two illuminated headpieces, as well as illuminated chapter headings, cloud-bands, and marginal decoration. The black morocco binding has a central piece in the form of a diamond with pendants on four sides. The inner covers, having a traditional dentelle decoration, features text from the "the verse of the throne" (āyat al-kursī), which is inscribed in the outer frame. The right side of a double-page opening decoration containing the text of the first chapter (Sūrat al-fātiḥah) inscribed in the center medallion in gold muḥaqqaq script on a blue background.

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 132b

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Laylá and Majnūn at school. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Laylá and Majnūn at school. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 119b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. This illuminated incipit page with headpiece begins the Haft paykar. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. This illuminated incipit page with headpiece begins the Haft paykar. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Ghutrah along with the agal and skull cap are usually worn by men as a head-dress in Arab Countries

Ghutrah along with the agal and skull cap are usually worn by men as a head-dress in Arab Countries

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 364a

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. The folio represents a Zangī warrior killing another Zangī. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. The folio represents a Zangī warrior killing another Zangī. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 167a

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Laylá and Majnūn fainting at the sight of each other. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Laylá and Majnūn fainting at the sight of each other. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 93a

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Khusraw and Shīrīn in the palace. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Khusraw and Shīrīn in the palace. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 33b

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Illuminated headpiece with the inscription in white ink on blue background giving the title of the book Kitāb-i Khusraw va Shīrīn. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Illuminated headpiece with the inscription in white ink on blue background giving the title of the book Kitāb-i Khusraw va Shīrīn. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Road Warriors - Ah!

Road Warriors - Ah!

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 49a

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Shīrīn bathing in a fountain with Khusraw looking on. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Shīrīn bathing in a fountain with Khusraw looking on. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 261b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. This illuminated incipit page introduces the Iqbālnāmah, which is the second part of Iskandarnāmah. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. This illuminated incipit page introduces the Iqbālnāmah, which is the second part of Iskandarnāmah. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Illuminated Manuscript of Yusuf and Zulayka, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.644, fol. 150b

A leaf from an anonymous copy of the famous story of Joseph and the Potypha's wife (Yūsuf va Zulaykhā) by Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d.898 AH / 1492 CE) executed in the 10th AH / 16th CE century and containing three illustrations. Here Yusuf is surrounded by his companions. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30608. A leaf from an anonymous copy of the famous story of Joseph and the Potypha's wife (Yūsuf va Zulaykhā) by Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d.898 AH / 1492 CE) executed in the 10th AH / 16th CE century and containing three illustrations. Here Yusuf is surrounded by his companions. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30608

Illuminated Manuscript of a work on the duties of Muslims towards the Prophet with an account of his life, Walters Art Museum, Ms

The Incipit page with a w-shaped headpiece and gilt frame of an illuminated copy of the popular work on the duties of Muslims towards the Prophet Muhammad, known as al-Shifāʾ, by ʿIyāḍ al-Yaḥṣūbī (d. 544 AH / 1149 CE). This codex with gilt edges and a typical Turkish binding was executed by Salīm al-Rashīd in 1191 AH / 1777 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=11962. The Incipit page with a w-shaped headpiece and gilt frame of an illuminated copy of the popular work on the duties of Muslims towards the Prophet Muhammad, known as al-Shifāʾ, by ʿIyāḍ al-Yaḥṣūbī (d. 544 AH / 1149 CE). This codex with gilt edges and a typical Turkish binding was executed by Salīm al-Rashīd in 1191 AH / 1777 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=11962

Collection of poems (divan), Double-page illuminated frontispiece, Walters Manuscript W.636, fol. 2b

An illustrated copy of the collection of poems (Dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī who flourished in the 7th AH / 14th CE century. The present codex was copied by Mullā Muḥammad Qāsim Hamadānī in 1210 AH /1796 CE in India and contains 48 miniatures. This is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece with the doxological formula (basmalah) inscribed in the cartouche. The palette is typical for illuminated manuscripts from Kashmir during this period. An illustrated copy of the collection of poems (Dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī who flourished in the 7th AH / 14th CE century. The present codex was copied by Mullā Muḥammad Qāsim Hamadānī in 1210 AH /1796 CE in India and contains 48 miniatures. This is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece with the doxological formula (basmalah) inscribed in the cartouche. The palette is typical for illuminated manuscripts from Kashmir during this period.

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 258b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Iskandar in search of the fountain of life passes by a cave, before which sit the prophets Khiḍr and Ilyās. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Iskandar in search of the fountain of life passes by a cave, before which sit the prophets Khiḍr and Ilyās. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 4b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. The Prophet Muhammad is depicted ascending on Buraq led by the angel Gabriel. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. The Prophet Muhammad is depicted ascending on Buraq led by the angel Gabriel. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Collection of poems (divan), Jacob, in the company of his sons, longs to hear news of Joseph, Walters Manuscript W.636

An illustrated copy of the collection of poems (Dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī who flourished in the 7th AH / 14th CE century. The present codex was copied by Mullā Muḥammad Qāsim Hamadānī in 1210 AH /1796 CE in India and contains 48 miniatures. An illustrated copy of the collection of poems (Dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī who flourished in the 7th AH / 14th CE century. The present codex was copied by Mullā Muḥammad Qāsim Hamadānī in 1210 AH /1796 CE in India and contains 48 miniatures.

Illuminated incipit page with a headpiece containing a cartouche with the inscription in white ink Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ from Colle

An anonymous decorated and illustrated copy of the collection of poems (Dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī who flourished in the 7th AH / 14th CE century. The present copy, containing four miniatures, was penned in an elegant nastaʿlīq hand in 946 AH / 1539 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19560. An anonymous decorated and illustrated copy of the collection of poems (Dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī who flourished in the 7th AH / 14th CE century. The present copy, containing four miniatures, was penned in an elegant nastaʿlīq hand in 946 AH / 1539 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19560

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 387b

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. The folio represents Iskandar watching swimming maidens. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. The folio represents Iskandar watching swimming maidens. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 78b

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Shīrin coming on horseback to watch Farhād digging a canal for a stream of milk. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Shīrin coming on horseback to watch Farhād digging a canal for a stream of milk. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Illuminated Manuscript, Poem (masnavi), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.642, fol. 1a

This is a copy of the well-known poem (mas̱navī) Subḥat al-abrār ('The Rosary of the Righteous') by Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). Penned in nastaʿlīq script by Ḥaydar al-Ḥusaynī in 965 AH / 1557-8 CE, the codex opens with an illuminated double-page inscribed with the title and author's name. The text area of later pages are framed by decorated borders and gold-sprinkled margins. The binding is contemporary with the textblock. The right side of an illuminated double-page incipit with the top panel inscribed with the title of the poem in white tawqīʿ/riqāʿ script on gold background. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=6402. This is a copy of the well-known poem (mas̱navī) Subḥat al-abrār ('The Rosary of the Righteous') by Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). Penned in nastaʿlīq script by Ḥaydar al-Ḥusaynī in 965 AH / 1557-8 CE, the codex opens with an illuminated double-page inscribed with the title and author's name. The text area of later pages are framed by decorated borders and gold-sprinkled margins. The binding is contemporary with the textblock. The right side of an illuminated double-page incipit with the top panel inscribed with the title of the poem in white tawqīʿ/riqāʿ script on gold background. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=6402

Ah... vacation

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 145b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Bahrām Gūr in the black pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Bahrām Gūr in the black pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Islamic mosque

Illuminated Manuscript Walters Art Museum Ms. W.559, fol. 3a

The incipit page from an illuminated codex of the Koran (Qur’an) with Persian interlinear translation, executed in 723 AH / 1323 CE by Mubārakshāh ibn Quṭb, one of the six pupils of the famed calligrapher Yāqūt al-Mustaʿṣimī (d. 698 AH / 1298 CE). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=38669. The incipit page from an illuminated codex of the Koran (Qur’an) with Persian interlinear translation, executed in 723 AH / 1323 CE by Mubārakshāh ibn Quṭb, one of the six pupils of the famed calligrapher Yāqūt al-Mustaʿṣimī (d. 698 AH / 1298 CE). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=38669

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 320a

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. The folio represents Iskandar hunting deer (smudged). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. The folio represents Iskandar hunting deer (smudged). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 268b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Aristotle (Arisṭū) teaching his students. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Aristotle (Arisṭū) teaching his students. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Entertainment in the garden from Collection of poems (divan), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.631, fol.114a

An anonymous decorated and illustrated copy of the collection of poems (Dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī who flourished in the 7th AH / 14th CE century. The present copy, containing four miniatures, was penned in an elegant nastaʿlīq hand in 946 AH / 1539 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19560. An anonymous decorated and illustrated copy of the collection of poems (Dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī who flourished in the 7th AH / 14th CE century. The present copy, containing four miniatures, was penned in an elegant nastaʿlīq hand in 946 AH / 1539 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19560

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 232a

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Bahrām Gūr in the blue pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. Bahrām Gūr in the blue pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Ghutrah along with the agal and skull cap are usually worn by men as a head-dress in Arab Countries

Ghutrah along with the agal and skull cap are usually worn by men as a head-dress in Arab Countries

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 58a

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures.Khusraw trying to fend off an attacking lion See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures.Khusraw trying to fend off an attacking lion See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

The Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan

The Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan

Maritime Museum (Malaysia)

Maritime Museum (Malaysia)

Sky Hoop

King Solomon (Sulaymān) enthroned; part of a double-page composition featuring also Queen Sheba (Bilqīs) fro

An anonymous decorated and illustrated copy of the collection of poems (Dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī who flourished in the 7th AH / 14th CE century. The present copy, containing four miniatures, was penned in an elegant nastaʿlīq hand in 946 AH / 1539 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19560. An anonymous decorated and illustrated copy of the collection of poems (Dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī who flourished in the 7th AH / 14th CE century. The present copy, containing four miniatures, was penned in an elegant nastaʿlīq hand in 946 AH / 1539 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19560

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 33b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. This illuminated incipit page introduces the story of Khusraw va Shīrīn. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. This illuminated incipit page introduces the story of Khusraw va Shīrīn. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Burning and melting, Young Hindu girl before the Mughal Emperor Akbar, Walters Manuscript W.649, fol. 16a

The Mughal Emperor Akbar attempts to dissuade the young Hindu girl from committing sati (self-immolation). An elegantly calligraphed, illuminated and illustrated copy of the poem Sūz va gudāz ('Burning and melting') by Nawʿī Khabūshānī (d.1019 AH /1610 CE) which recounts the love story of a Hindu girl who decides to burn herself on the pyre of her betrothed killed accidentally just before their marriage. The present codex was penned by Ibn Sayyid Murād al-Ḥusaynī and illustrated by Muḥammad ʿAlī Mashhadī in 1068 AH / 1657 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30391. The Mughal Emperor Akbar attempts to dissuade the young Hindu girl from committing sati (self-immolation). An elegantly calligraphed, illuminated and illustrated copy of the poem Sūz va gudāz ('Burning and melting') by Nawʿī Khabūshānī (d.1019 AH /1610 CE) which recounts the love story of a Hindu girl who decides to burn herself on the pyre of her betrothed killed accidentally just before their marriage. The present codex was penned by Ibn Sayyid Murād al-Ḥusaynī and illustrated by Muḥammad ʿAlī Mashhadī in 1068 AH / 1657 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30391

End of the day

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 68a

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Khusraw and Shīrīn sit enthroned. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Khusraw and Shīrīn sit enthroned. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 168a

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Bahrām Gūr in the white pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Bahrām Gūr in the white pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 338b

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures.The folio represents Iskandar fighting the Russian warrior. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures.The folio represents Iskandar fighting the Russian warrior. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 17a

An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. An old woman complaining to Sultan Sanjar about a questionable behavior of his policeman. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272. An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. An old woman complaining to Sultan Sanjar about a questionable behavior of his policeman. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=21272

Illuminated Manuscript, Poem (masnavi), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.642, fol. 2a

This is a copy of the well-known poem (mas̱navī) Subḥat al-abrār ('The Rosary of the Righteous') by Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). Penned in nastaʿlīq script by Ḥaydar al-Ḥusaynī in 965 AH / 1557-8 CE, the codex opens with an illuminated double-page inscribed with the title and author's name. The text area of later pages are framed by decorated borders and gold-sprinkled margins. The binding is contemporary with the textblock. The left side of an illuminated double-page incipit with the top panel inscribed with the author's name in white tawqīʿ/riqāʿ script on gold background. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=6402. This is a copy of the well-known poem (mas̱navī) Subḥat al-abrār ('The Rosary of the Righteous') by Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). Penned in nastaʿlīq script by Ḥaydar al-Ḥusaynī in 965 AH / 1557-8 CE, the codex opens with an illuminated double-page inscribed with the title and author's name. The text area of later pages are framed by decorated borders and gold-sprinkled margins. The binding is contemporary with the textblock. The left side of an illuminated double-page incipit with the top panel inscribed with the author's name in white tawqīʿ/riqāʿ script on gold background. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=6402

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 160a

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Bahrām Gūr in the blue pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Bahrām Gūr in the blue pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 2a

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. This is the left side of an illuminated double-page opening initiating the poem Makhzan-i asrār. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. This is the left side of an illuminated double-page opening initiating the poem Makhzan-i asrār. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Burning and melting, Youth confesses his falling in love to his father, Walters Manuscript W.649, fol. 9a

Set in India, the story begins with a young Hindu man confessing his strong love for his childhood friend to his father. His father consents to the young man’s request to marry and sends a message to the girl’s parents. An elegantly calligraphed, illuminated and illustrated copy of the poem Sūz va gudāz ('Burning and melting') by Nawʿī Khabūshānī (d.1019 AH /1610 CE) which recounts the love story of a Hindu girl who decides to burn herself on the pyre of her betrothed killed accidentally just before their marriage. The present codex was penned by Ibn Sayyid Murād al-Ḥusaynī and illustrated by Muḥammad ʿAlī Mashhadī in 1068 AH / 1657 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30391. Set in India, the story begins with a young Hindu man confessing his strong love for his childhood friend to his father. His father consents to the young man’s request to marry and sends a message to the girl’s parents. An elegantly calligraphed, illuminated and illustrated copy of the poem Sūz va gudāz ('Burning and melting') by Nawʿī Khabūshānī (d.1019 AH /1610 CE) which recounts the love story of a Hindu girl who decides to burn herself on the pyre of her betrothed killed accidentally just before their marriage. The present codex was penned by Ibn Sayyid Murād al-Ḥusaynī and illustrated by Muḥammad ʿAlī Mashhadī in 1068 AH / 1657 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30391

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 154a

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Bahrām Gūr in the yellow pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. Bahrām Gūr in the yellow pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 29b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. At a court gathering an old woman speaks with a confidant of King Jamshīd. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va Majnūn. The text was copied by a certain Yādkār the Calligrapher (al-Kātib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscript’s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting and Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. At a court gathering an old woman speaks with a confidant of King Jamshīd. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

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