Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325)

Object Details

• Description

  Manuscript; Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi; Persian in black nasta'liq script; 238 folios with a frontispiece (fols. 1 verso, 2 recto), 5 sarlawhs (fols. 2 verso, 44 verso, 99 verso,134 verso, 180 verso), 13 paintings (30 recto, 46 verso, 54 verso, 107 recto, 120 verso, 148 recto, 152 recto, 160 verso, 167 recto, 172 recto, 197 recto, 202 verso, 207 recto), 1 dated colophon and inscriptions on folio 238 recto; 2 seals (fols. 1 recto, 1 verso); standard page: 4 columns, 19 lines of text.

  Binding: The manuscript is bound in black leather over paper pasteboards with block-stamped exterior covers and doublures of red leather.

• Inscriptions

  Fol. 238 recto: The book was finished with the help of the munificent Lord during the month of Jumada 1 in the year [A.H.] 970 [A.D. December 1562-January 1563]; seals: (fol. 1 recto, oval) Ali Muhammad; (fol. 1 verso, square) Muhammad Ali Abd al-Baqi al-Husayni.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Origin

  Astarabad, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Place

  Astarabad

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, King, Henri Vever collection, Khamsa, Archery, Arts of the Islamic World, Death, Youth

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts