"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

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Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music', Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98, Attributed to India, Main support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 9 5/8 x 5 15/16in. ( x ), Codices, Attributed to Miskin (active ca. 1570–1604), Approximately one century after the Persian poet Nizami wrote his Khamsa (Quintet), the Indian poet Amir Khusrau Dihlavi composed a response using Nizami’s structure but varying his stories slightly. This painting comes from the Mughal emperor Akbar’s (r

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