Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: text

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  Sultan Muhammad Nur (fl. as early as 1494)

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: couplets from chapter eight: In considering of good omen from the Khusraw u Shirin; verso: couplets from Iskandarnama, couplets from chapter nine: In considering proper advice from the Makhzan al-asrar, and couplets from Khusraw u Shirin; two columns, fourteen lines of text, headings in gold, red, and blue.

  Border: The text is set in gold, blue, and black rulings with a turquoise floral scroll inner frame and an outer frame of gold floral scroll on blue paper with floral geometric motifs and marginal medallions.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Origin

  Herat, Afghanistan

• Credit Line

  The Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Name

  Sultan Muhammad Nur

• Place

  Afghanistan, Herat

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Khamsa, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts