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Majnun and his Father in Front of the Ka'bah in Mecca

Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209) (Author)
Yar Muhammad al-Haravi (Islamic, active ca. 922 AH/AD 1516) (Scribe)
'Abd al-Wahhab ibn 'Abd al-Fattah ibn 'Ali (Islamic, active ca. 922 AH/AD 1516) (Artist)
Composition: 922 AH/AD 1516; Miniature repainted: 12th century AH/AD 18th (Safavid)
ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts, Islamic World )

On this folio from Walters manuscript W.609, Majnun and his father, who is on the right, are depicted in front of the Ka'bah in Mecca.

Provenance
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Muhammad Asharf ibn Muhammad Khatam al-Husayni, 1173 AH/AD 1759-1760 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fols. 1a and 401a]; Husayn …[?], 1308 AH/AD 1890-1891 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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1997 The Divine Word and Sacred Sites of Islam. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
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Geographies

India (Place of Origin) Afghanistan (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 11 7/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (29 x 17.5 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.609.137A

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Five Poems (Quintet)

Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209)
922 AH/AD 1516 (Safavid)
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