Illuminated Manuscript, Five poems (quintet), Alexander the Great kills an Ethiopian warrior, This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) by Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d. 605 AH / 1209 CE), completed by Ḥabīb Allāh ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥusām in Safavid Iran in Rabīʿ II 971 AH / 1563 CE. Illuminated titlepieces introduce the five poems, and there are thirty illustrations, the majority of which are attributable to thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE Qajar Iran. Ownership notes and seals indicating the provenance of this manuscript are found throughout the codex

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