Illuminated Manuscript, Five poems (quintet), This is the left side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece depicting a royal pavilion and horses laden with gifts, This is an illuminated and illustrated Khamsah (quintet) by Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d. 605 AH / 1209 CE), copied by Muḥammad Mūsá al-Mudhahhib ('the Limner') in Safavid Iran in 924 AH / 1518 CE. The manuscript opens with a double-page illustration, which is followed by a double-page illumination

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