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| Keywords: An illustrated manuscript of one of Amir Khusrau's poems 1.jpg en An illustrated manuscript of one of Amir Khusrau's poems Iran early 1500's Source http //www christies com/LotFinder/search/LotDetail asp sid intObjectID 4483425 SE CMWCAT03+627796+1887436625+ QR M+1+60+Aqc0000900+610547++Aqc0000900+ entry india SU 1 RQ True AN 61 downloaded Apr 2005 NASR AL-DIN ABU'L HASAN KNOWN AS AMIR KHOSRAW DEHLAVI AH 651-725/1253-1325 AD KHAMSA SAVAFID IRAN EARLY 16TH CENTURY Persian manuscript on cream paper 148ff each with 17ll of black nasta'liq in four columns in blue margins brown and gold within black rules catchwords opening double-page illumination with two columns of text within panels of gold orange and white floral arabesque on blue ground with gold cusped panels three more similar headpieces seven miniatures in gouache gold and silver text unfinished and without titles black morocco binding with gold stamped panels and decoupe doublures rebound so flap opens on the righthand side generally in very good condition 10 7/8 x 7in 27 5 x 18cm Lot Notes A little-known version of the Khamsa by Amir Khosraw Dehlavi the greatest Persian-langauage poet of medieval India The fine miniatures are in extremely good condition Son of a Turkish officer and Indian mother Amir Khosraw Dehlavi displayed precocious talent working successively in the courts of the family of Sultan Baban in Bengal and Multan and after the capture of the latter by the Mongols in AH 683/1284 AD for the governor of Oudh Hatem Khan before returning to Dehli to write for Sultan Jalal al-Din Khajli AH 689-95/1290-6 AD his assassin 'Ala al-Din Khajli AH 695-715/1296-1315 AD Qotb al-Din Mobarakashah AH 716-20/1316-20 AD Ghiayth al-Din Tuqluq AH 720-25/1320-25 AD and then briefly for Muhammad Tuqluq He strove to emulate all styles of poetry- from Arabic qasidas to ghazals and tarji's Between AH 698-701/1398-1301 AD he wrote his version of the Khamsa after Nizami It comprises matla' al-anwar Majnun wa Layla Shirin wa Khosraw A'ina-ye Sekandari and Hasht Behesht Encyclopaedia Iranica Yarshater E Ed New York 2001 pp 963-965 The miniatures in this manuscript are as follows 1 Khosraw falling in love seeing the portrait of Shirin No portrait is shown in the miniature 2 Khosraw fighting the Romans 3 The slave girl Mushtari at the court of Khosraw 4 Farhad being alone in the wilderness 5 Khoraw and Shirin in their bed chamber at their wedding night 6 Majnun's father going in search of his son in the wilderness 7 The battle between tribal followers of Nawfal and Layla 1500 http //www columbia edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1200_1299/nizamuddin/amirkhusrau/amirkhusrau html Amir Khusrau PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Amir Khsrau Check categories 2014 November 19 Urdu Amir_Khusrow | ||||
