Leaf from Five Poems (Quintet)

Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Exhibitions

Paradise Imagined: Images of the Garden in the Islamic and Christian World. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2012.

Provenance Muhammad Zaki, 1241 AH/AD 1825-1826 [mode of acquisition unknown] [oval seal, fols. 1a, 211a]; 'abd al-raji Muhammad Shafi', 1247 AH/AD 1831-1832 [mode of acquisition unknown] [rectangular seal fols. 1a, 211a]; Muhammad 'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [large oval seal with no date on fol. 211a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creators

Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (died ca. 729 AH/AD 1328) (Author)
Muhammad Husayn Zarrin Qalam (Scribe)
Husayn Naqqash (Artist)

Period

1597-1598 (Mughal)

Medium

ink and pigments on laid paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.624.36B

Measurements

H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.5 x 19 cm)

Geographies

Pakistan, Lahore (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624	Accession
mughal, ismaili	Tags

Illuminated Finispiece	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.211B	Accession

Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.42B	Accession

Illuminated Frontispiece with Shamsah	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.1A	Accession

Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece, from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.1B	Accession

Binding Boards from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.binding	Accession

Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.174B	Accession

Illuminated Frontispiece from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.42A	Accession

Shirin Receives a Ring from Khusraw	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.80A	Accession
shiraz, iran	Tags

Farhad Hears the False News of Shirin’s Death	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.66B	Accession

The Story of the Talisman that Detects Insincerity as Told by the Princess of the White Pavilion	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.208B	Accession

The Story of the Wrongly Exiled Prince as Told by the Princess of the Sandalwood Pavilion from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.203B	Accession

The Story of the Goldsmith's Foolish Wife as Told by the Princess of the Yellow Pavilion	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.188A	Accession

The Princesses of the Seven Pavilions Bow in Homage to Bahram Gur	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.182B	Accession

Alexander the Great Drowns the Greeks	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.153B	Accession

The Khaqan of China Pays Homage to Alexander the Great	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.139A	Accession

Alexander the Great Discovers Kanifu’s Identity	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.135A	Accession

Alexander the Great Lassoes an Opponent from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.128A	Accession

Laylá Visits Majnun in the Wilderness	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.115A	Accession

Majnun Befriends a Dog	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.113A	Accession

Majnun Is Visited in the Wilderness by His Father from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.100B	Accession

Laylá and Majnun Fall in Love at School	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.98A	Accession

Two Demons Following the Order of King Solomon from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.94B	Accession
demons	Tags

Shirin Encounters the Sculptor Farhad	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.59A	Accession

Khusraw and Shirin Preside Over the Wedding of Youths	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.58A	Accession

Shirin Entertains Khusraw	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.51A	Accession
persianpoetry	Tags

A Virtuous Woman Placates the King by Plucking Out Her Eyes	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.40A	Accession

An Old Sufi Laments His Lost Youth	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.35A	Accession

Fratricide Witnesses the Loyalty of Two Friends	Title
1597-1598 (Mughal)	Period
W.624.24B	Accession