Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī ( AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative composition signed by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn ʿAlī, of which this is one side. It contains 35 miniatures. The folio represents Iskandar watching swimming maidens

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