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Sufis performing samā` before their master Shaykh Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā (d. 1325), from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Amīr Khusrau (d. 1325)

Title	Sufis performing samā` before their master Shaykh Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā (d. 1325), from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Amīr Khusrau (d. 1325)
Author	Herat
Publication Date:	1485 (890H)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	252 mm x 165 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 163.6
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1485 (890H)
Notes	Sufis performing samā` before their master Shaykh Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā (d. 1325), from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Amīr Khusrau (d. 1325). These Sufis are performing the mystical ritual of samā`,in which the group combines music and movement with spiritual remembrance of God. Seated on a carpet at the head of the room, their master Shaykh Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā (d. 1325) observes the group. He was (and remains) a revered leader of the Chishtiyya Sufi order in India. The poet Amīr Khusrau (the composer of this poem), was also one of Shaykh Nizam al-Din’s followers, and is buried at his tomb in Delhi. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), from the Rising Lights (Maṭla` al-anvār), from codex (CB Per 163) of the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Amīr Khusrau (d. 1325), copied by Muḥammad ibn Aẓhar, Herat, Afghanistan, dated 1 Rajab 890H, 14 July 1485.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta`liq script

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Sufis performing samā` before their master Shaykh Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā (d. 1325), from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Amīr Khusrau (d. 1325)

Author Herat

Publication Date 1485 (890H)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 252 mm x 165 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 163.6

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1485 (890H)

Notes Sufis performing samā` before their master Shaykh Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā (d. 1325), from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Amīr Khusrau (d. 1325). These Sufis are performing the mystical ritual of samā`,in which the group combines music and movement with spiritual remembrance of God. Seated on a carpet at the head of the room, their master Shaykh Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā (d. 1325) observes the group. He was (and remains) a revered leader of the Chishtiyya Sufi order in India. The poet Amīr Khusrau (the composer of this poem), was also one of Shaykh Nizam al-Din’s followers, and is buried at his tomb in Delhi. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), from the Rising Lights (Maṭla` al-anvār), from codex (CB Per 163) of the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Amīr Khusrau (d. 1325), copied by Muḥammad ibn Aẓhar, Herat, Afghanistan, dated 1 Rajab 890H, 14 July 1485.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta`liq script