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A King Out Hunting Accidently Kills a Young Man

Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (died ca. 729 AH/AD 1328) (Author)
Pir Hussein al-Katib Shirazi (Islamic, 16th century) (Scribe)
935 AH/AD 1529 (Safavid)
ink and pigments on laid paper
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

On this folio from Walters manuscript W.622, a king out hunting accidentally kills a young man and offers to compensate his mother with his own life or a platter of gold.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Muhammad 'Ali Shirazi ibn […] Muhammad Qasim Shirazi, 1250 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2005-2006 Pearls of the Parrot of India: The Emperor Akbar's Illustrated "Khamsa," 1597-1598. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Iran (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 10 5/8 x W: 6 1/2 in. (27.0 x 16.5 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

W.622.39A

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Five Poems (Quintet)

Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (died ca. 729 AH/AD 1328)
935 AH/AD 1529 (Safavid)
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