Illuminated Manuscript, Collection of poems (divan), Alexander the Great, in search of the Fountain of Life, meets the prophet Khiḍr, This is an illuminated and illustrated Collection of poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE), which was produced in India. According to the colophon, the manuscript was completed on the 19th Rajab 1202[?] AH / 1788[?] CE

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