Barbara Brend Books
Perspectives on Persian painting
"Amir Khusrau (d. Delhi, 1325) is considered the foremost Persian-language poet of the Indian subcontinent. His Khamsah ('Quintet'), composed between 1298 and 1302, follows the main lines of that o...
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The Emperor Akbar s Khamsa of Nizami The British Library Manuscripts in Colour Series
The splendours of the Mughal court in the late sixteenth century are reflected in the Emperor Akbar's Khamsa of Nizami, a manuscript superbly illustrated in sensuous colour and fine detail, with dr...
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