Folio from a Layla u-Majnun by Nizami (d. 1209); recto: The battle between the Arab chief Nawfal and the tribe of Layla; verso: text, continuation of the canto

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: illustration and text: The battle between the Arab chief Nawfal and the tribe of Layla; verso: text: continuation of the canto, 4 columns, 19 lines; one of a group of 2 folios.

  Border: The text and the painting are set in gold and blue rulings on cream-colored paper.

• Provenance

  To 1931

  Hagop Kevorkian, New York to 1931 [1]

  From 1931

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1931 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.

  [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Near Eastern Ceramics (May 14, 1981 to May 10, 1985)

  Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)

  Persian Art (January 1, 1963 to September 3, 1963)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, Pottery, Metalwork, and Glass (April 12, 1955 to November 21, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Arts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts (May 1, 1945 to September 25, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian Manuscripts (May 5, 1933 to September 22, 1947)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1400s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

  Wars, Art, Turkmen period (1378 - 1508), Layla, Arts of the Islamic World, Camel, Bow, Majnun

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts