Keywords: Delhi Sultanate (1206 - 1526)
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (1253-1324); right-hand half of a double page frontispiece
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.125Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325); Frontispiece
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.123Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); Khusraw Parviz seated on the Takht-i Taqdis
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.145Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi, Khusraw Parviz seated on the Takht-i taqdis; one of a group of three folios. The painting was cut from the text and mounted on a board.
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi; Manija and Bijan
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.126Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi; text: Persian in black nasta’liq script, recto: text, the folio has been pasted together with several pieces taken from another part of the manuscript; verso: illustration and text, Bijan and Manija, four columns, ten lines of text; one of a group of …
Mah Saman poisons shakar
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.124Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Shirin-u- Khusraw from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, text: Persian in black nasta’liq script; recto: four columns, seventeen lines of text; verso: Mah Saman poisons shakar, four columns, eleven lines; one of a group of seven folios. Border: Text is within a border of colored panels.
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325); Nizamuddin Awliya with three attendants
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.122.1Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, text: Persian in black nasta’liq script, heading in red; recto: Nizamuddin Awliya with three attendants, four columns, eleven lines of text; verso: four columns, nineteen lines, the verso of the folio has been pasted together with several pieces taken from another part …
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325); verso: Bahram Gur in a rage; recto: text
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.120Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, text: Persian in black nasta’liq script, recto: text, four columns, nineteen lines; verso: illustration and text, Bahram Gur in a rage, four columns, eleven lines; one of a group of six folios. Border: Text is within a border of colored panels.
Folio from a Qur’an, Sura 5, verses 68-69
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1997.102Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur’an; recto: Sura al-Ma’idah (the Table spread) 5:68, recto begins with “kathira”; verso: sura 5:68 and part of 69, verso begins with “falatas”; Arabic in black muhaqqaq script with gold floral border in kufic script and medallion in the corners; vocalized in black; interlinear Persian translation in …
Folio from a Qur’an, sura 17:34-44
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1997.101Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur’an; recto: Sura al-Isra (the Night journey) 17: parts of verses 34, 35-38, and 39, recto begins with “ahsanu”; verso: 17: parts of verses 39-43 and 44, verso begins with “mimma”; Arabic in black and blue bihari script, and gold thuluth script with round illuminated verse markers …