Khamsa of Nizami

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This page from a magnificently illuminated manuscript, the Khamsa or "five poems" of Nizami Ganjavi, a 12th century Persian poet, which was originally created for the Mughal Empero r Akbar in the early 1590s. The image shows Khusrau and Shirin listening to stories told by Shirin's maidens, c. 1539-1543. In the exquisite border foxes, rabbits and a deer can be seen.Or. 2265 f.66v Show more