Divan of Sultan Husayn Baiqara, dated 905/

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Divan of Sultan Husayn Baiqara, dated 905/ , Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; lacquer binding, 10 1/2 x 7 1/4in. ( x ), Codices, This lavishly embellished manuscript comprises a collection (divan) of poetry composed by the late fifteenth-century Timurid ruler Sultan Husain Baiqara (r. 1470–1506) in eastern or Chaghatai Turkish. The calligraphic text, written on a variety of colorful papers mounted within elaborately stenciled and painted margins, was copied by one of Sultan Husain's favored calligraphers - Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi

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