Book 1: Matla' al-Anwar
Primary TitleBook 2: Shirin and Khusraw
Primary TitleBook 3: Majnun and Laila
Series TitleKhamsa
Author
Amir Khusraw Dihlavi
(Indian, 16th century)
Date16th century
MediumInk, colors and gold on paper; bound in leather, paper, and cardboard
DimensionsSheet: 9 1/4 × 6 3/8 inches (23.5 × 16.19 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number44-22/1
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DescriptionA bound manuscript containing three of the five poems of a Khamsa composed by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi. The book consists of 154 folios. Text pages have four columns, seventeen lines per column, in sasta'liq script.Exhibition HistoryPeasants and Nomads of the Arab World, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM, October 1, 1958–February 28, 1959.
With Krishna & Sons, Delhi, India, by April 4, 1944 [1];
Purchased from Krishna & Sons by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1944 [2].
NOTES:
[1] “Objects Acquired for the Museum by Laurence Sickman,” Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG80-15 William Rockhill Nelson Trust Office Records, series 9, box 11.
[2] Curator of Asian Art Laurence Sickman purchased this object while stationed in the India during his military service in World War II.
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