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Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209) (Author)
885-886 AH/AD 1481 (Timurid)
ink and pigments on laid paper
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

This folio from Walters manuscript W.604 contains 1 of 4 short colophons in Arabic at the end of Makhzan al-asrar (dated Ramadan 885), Khusraw va Shirin (dated 1st Safar 885), Laylá va Majnun (dated 5 Rabi' I 886), and Haft paykar (dated 22 Ramadan 885). The name of the scribe is not recorded.

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[Transliteration] tammat al-kitāb bi-'awn al-Malik al-Wahhāb /1/ tahrīran fī shahr Ramadān al-mubārak /2/ sanat khams wa-thamānīn /3/ wa-thamānimi<'>ah /4/ m (= tamma) /5/

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

Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 5/16 in. (23.5 x 16 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.604.25B

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Five Poems (Quintet)

Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209)
885-886 AH/AD 1481 (Timurid)
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