"Khizr Comes to the Ascetic's Cell", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, ca. 1450


Khizr Comes to the Ascetic's Cell', Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, ca. 1450, Attributed to Northern India, Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, Page:, Codices, This painting illustrates an episode from a five-part poem written by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi between 1298 and 1302. In the painting, a young man named Khizr is admonished by an ascetic to be faithful and disregard the opinion of others


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