Illuminated Manuscript, Three collections of poetry, Incipit with illuminated headpiece and titlepiece, This is an illustrated and illuminated composite volume of three poetic texts: the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d. 605 AH / 1209 CE), the Khamsah (quintet) of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d. 725 AH / 1325 CE), and the Timūrnāmah (Epic of Timur) by ʿAbd Allāh Hātifī (d. 927 AH / 1520 CE), also known as the Ẓafarnāmah. The texts are written in black naskh script, with titles, section headings, and incidentals in white or red tawqīʿ/riqāʿ script

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