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Khusraw's Hunt, a page from Khusrow and Shirin
(صيد خسرو ، صفحة من خسرو وشيرين)

Title	Khusraw's Hunt, a page from Khusrow and Shirin
Title Original	صيد خسرو ، صفحة من خسرو وشيرين
Publication Date:	Date 904 AH / 1498-99 AD
Publication Place	Probably Istanbul or Amasya, Turkey - Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject	Main carrier: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, binding, leather
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	كل الصفحة : الطول : 24 سم ، العرض : 16.4 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	69.27
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus23;36;ar
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	Date 904 AH / 1498-99 AD
Notes	This painting from the manuscript of Khosrow and Shirin, written by the poet Al-Hataifi, shows the importance of Persian literature in the Ottoman world. The manuscript contains seven paintings executed in a distinctive style that is linked to the Western Iranian tradition of Aq Kyunulu but also borrows elements from European sources. This scene depicts Khosrow riding his horse Shabdiz while hunting, and poetry on the last page of the manuscript identifies the only artist who executed the work and who completed the planning, polishing, camouflaging, and painting as Suzi (the Burning One).
Sample Text	“The Hunt of Khusraw, a page from Khusrow and Shirin” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;36;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: US3 36
Seçili bibliyografya	Atil, Esin (ed),Turkish Art, Washington D.C/New York: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980: 161, ill. fig. 71 (b/w), fol. 22b.Brend, Barbara,Perspectives on Persian Painting. Illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsa, New York: Routledge Curzon, 2003: 153.Ekhtiar, Maryam, Canby, Shelia R., Haidar, Navina and Soucek, Priscilla P. (eds),Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011: 288–89, no. 200, ill. 289 (colour).Ettinghausen, Richard, "Reports of the Departments: Islamic Art",Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 28/ 2 (1969): 79-81, ill. 79 (b/w), folio 22r.Grube, Ernst J.,Studies in Islamic Painting, London: Pindar Press, 1995: 460, ill. fig. 11 (b/w).Petsopoulos, Yanni (ed),Tulips, Arabesques & Turbans. Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire, New York: Abbeville Press, 1982: no. 195, 199, ill. pl. 195 (colour), folio 22r.Swietochowski, Marie and Jenkins-Madina, Marilyn,Notable Acquisitions 1965–1975, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975: 133, ill. (b/w).Swietochowski, Marie and Ettinghausen, Richard, "Islamic Painting",Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, 36/ 2 (Autumn 1978): 46–47, ill. 46–47 (colour), folios 15r and 22r.Welch, Stuart Cary,The Islamic World. Vol. 11, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987: 117, ill. fig. 87 (colour).Yoltar-Yildirim, Aysin and Brill, Robert H., "A 1498–99 Khusraw va Shirin: Turning the Pages of an Ottoman Illustrated Manuscript",Muqarnas, 22 (2005): 96–109, ill. figs. 1–12, folio 1v fig. 4; 2r fig. 5; 2v fig. 6; 15v fig. 8; 22v fig. 9; 32r fig. 10; 49v fig. 11; 67v fig. 12; 78r fig 7 (colour).

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Khusraw's Hunt, a page from Khusrow and Shirin

(صيد خسرو ، صفحة من خسرو وشيرين)

Publication Date Date 904 AH / 1498-99 AD

Publication Place Probably Istanbul or Amasya, Turkey - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Main carrier: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, binding, leather

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions كل الصفحة : الطول : 24 سم ، العرض : 16.4 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 69.27

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus23;36;ar

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date Date 904 AH / 1498-99 AD

Notes This painting from the manuscript of Khosrow and Shirin, written by the poet Al-Hataifi, shows the importance of Persian literature in the Ottoman world. The manuscript contains seven paintings executed in a distinctive style that is linked to the Western Iranian tradition of Aq Kyunulu but also borrows elements from European sources. This scene depicts Khosrow riding his horse Shabdiz while hunting, and poetry on the last page of the manuscript identifies the only artist who executed the work and who completed the planning, polishing, camouflaging, and painting as Suzi (the Burning One).

Sample Text “The Hunt of Khusraw, a page from Khusrow and Shirin” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;36;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: US3 36

Seçili bibliyografya Atil, Esin (ed),Turkish Art, Washington D.C/New York: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980: 161, ill. fig. 71 (b/w), fol. 22b.Brend, Barbara,Perspectives on Persian Painting. Illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsa, New York: Routledge Curzon, 2003: 153.Ekhtiar, Maryam, Canby, Shelia R., Haidar, Navina and Soucek, Priscilla P. (eds),Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011: 288–89, no. 200, ill. 289 (colour).Ettinghausen, Richard, "Reports of the Departments: Islamic Art",Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 28/ 2 (1969): 79-81, ill. 79 (b/w), folio 22r.Grube, Ernst J.,Studies in Islamic Painting, London: Pindar Press, 1995: 460, ill. fig. 11 (b/w).Petsopoulos, Yanni (ed),Tulips, Arabesques & Turbans. Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire, New York: Abbeville Press, 1982: no. 195, 199, ill. pl. 195 (colour), folio 22r.Swietochowski, Marie and Jenkins-Madina, Marilyn,Notable Acquisitions 1965–1975, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975: 133, ill. (b/w).Swietochowski, Marie and Ettinghausen, Richard, "Islamic Painting",Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, 36/ 2 (Autumn 1978): 46–47, ill. 46–47 (colour), folios 15r and 22r.Welch, Stuart Cary,The Islamic World. Vol. 11, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987: 117, ill. fig. 87 (colour).Yoltar-Yildirim, Aysin and Brill, Robert H., "A 1498–99 Khusraw va Shirin: Turning the Pages of an Ottoman Illustrated Manuscript",Muqarnas, 22 (2005): 96–109, ill. figs. 1–12, folio 1v fig. 4; 2r fig. 5; 2v fig. 6; 15v fig. 8; 22v fig. 9; 32r fig. 10; 49v fig. 11; 67v fig. 12; 78r fig 7 (colour).