Pre-Mughal School Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, text: Persian in black nasta'liq script, heading in red; recto: Nizamuddin Awliya with three attendants, four columns, eleven lines of text; verso: four columns, nineteen lines, the verso of the folio has been pasted together with several pieces taken from another part of the manuscript; one of a group of seven folios. Border: Text is within a border of colored panels. Arthur M. Sackler Collection Art of India: Painting and Decorative Objects (July 30, 1988 to July 9, 1989)
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- ca. 1450 or earlier
- Dates
- Delhi Sultanate period
- Format
- Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
- Pages
- H x W (overall): 32.7 x 24.2 cm (12 7/8 x 9 1/2 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S1986.122.1
- Rights
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/4213b43ad02e7dafe463a3a1bee0c296
