Author
Muhammad Musá al-Mudhahhib, Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209)
Publication Date
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518
Publication Place
Iran (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
H: 11 5/8 x W: 6 11/16 in. (29.5 x 17 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.606.368A
Library Location
Not on view
Date
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518
Notes
This folio from Walters manuscript W.606 contains 1 of 6 colophons in Arabic with the name of the scribe. The colophons are dated to show that the various poems of the Khamsah were not executed consecutively; dates as follows: 29 Dhu al-Hijjah 923 AH (fol. 32a); 7 Rabi' I 924 AH (fol. 113a); Safar 924 AH (fol. 169a); 6 Dhu al-Hijjah 923 AH (fol. 234a); 19 Muharram 924 AH (fol. 320a); 5 Muharram 924 AH (fol. 368a).
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
