Author
Iran
Publication Date
1510 (915 AH)
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
348 mm x 213 mm (height x width)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
Per 182.256
Library Location
Persian collection
Date
1510 (915 AH)
Notes
Iskandar relaxes with Queen Nūshāba of Barda’, from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī. The fifth poem in Niẓāmī’s Khamsa is the Book of Alexander (Iskandar nāma), which describes the life and career of the historic Alexander of Macedon (d. 323 BC), called Iskandar in Persian literary tradition. The first section follows his conquests across Eurasia. Towards the end, he formed a new alliance with the wise Azeri queen Nūshāba, at the time of the spring equinox and the Persian New Year (Nawrūz). In celebration, Iskandar held a banquet in Nūshāba’s honour, outside in the spring sunshine. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto) and framed rubric (on verso), from Book of Alexander (Iskandarnāma), in the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d. 1209), Iran, text copied by `Alī al-Kātib (final colophon in codex Per 182, fol. 331v), dated (codex Per 182, fol. 29v) Shawwal 915H, January 1510, painting c. 1550.
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi
Nasta`liq script
