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Abd Al Ra
Adil Shah
AmIr Khusrau
Aq Quyunlu
Author_Barbara Brend
Bahram Gur
Bibliotheque Nationale De France
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cross-cultural artistic exchange in Khamsah
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Hasht Bihisht
illustrated poetry manuscripts
Indo-Persian culture
Islamic manuscript studies
Kalilah Wa Dimnah
Khan Khanan
Khusrau Shah
Mantiq Al Tayr
Mehmed II
miniature painting analysis
Mughal art history
Ottoman Painting
Persian Painting
Russian National Library
Shah Man
Shah Shuja
Sultanate period illustration
Umar Shaykh
Wa Dimnah
Western Iran
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780700714674
- Weight: 840g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 14 Nov 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is a detailed study of the illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah, in which twenty discourses are followed by a brief parable, and four romances. Amir Khusrau (1253-1325) lived the greater part of adventurous life in Delhi; he composed in Persian, and also in Hindi. From the point of view of manuscript illustration, his most important work is his Khamsah (Quintet'). Khusrau's position as a link between cultures of Persia and India means that the early illustrated copies of the Khamsah have a particular interest. The first extant exemplar is from the Persian area in the late 14th century, but a case can be made that work was probably illustrated earlier in India.
