Author
Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209), Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (died ca. 729 AH/AD 1328), Hatifi (Islamic, died 927 AH/AD 1520)
Publication Date
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid (?))
Publication Place
India (Place of Origin) Iran (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 11 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28 x 19 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.657
Library Location
Not on view
Date
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid (?))
Notes
Walters manuscript W.657 is an illustrated and illuminated composite volume of three poetic texts: the Khamsah (quintet) of Nizami Ganjavi (died 605 AH/AD 1209), the Khamsah (quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (died 725 AH/AD 1325), and the Timurnamah (Epic of Timur) by 'Abd Allah Hatifi (died 927 AH/AD 1520), also known as the Zafarnamah. The texts are written in black Naskh script, with titles, section headings, and incidentals in white or red Tawqi'/Riqa' script. It was produced in the 10th century AH/AD 16th, in either India or Safavid Iran. The binding is not original to the manuscript. According to a note on front flyleaf iia, the codex was re-bound and restored by a bookbinder of Tabriz, Khwand Mulla Mahdi Sahhaf-i Tabrizi in 1295 AH/AD1878.
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
