H x W (overall): 32.7 x 24.2 cm (12 7/8 x 9 1/2 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
India
Date:
ca. 1450 or earlier
Period:
Delhi Sultanate period
School/Tradition:
Pre-Mughal School
Description:
Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, text: Persian in black nasta'liq script, heading in red; recto: Nizamuddin Awliya with three attendants, four columns, eleven lines of text; verso: four columns, nineteen lines, the verso of the folio has been pasted together with several pieces taken from another part of the manuscript; one of a group of seven folios.
Border: Text is within a border of colored panels.
Collection:
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Exhibition History:
Art of India: Painting and Decorative Objects (July 30, 1988 to July 9, 1989)
