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Perspectives on Persian Painting
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Description| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Author(s) | Dr Barbara Brend |
| Subtitle | Illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah |
| Published | 21st January 2016 |
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Illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah
This is a detailed study of the illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah, in which twenty discourses are followed by a brief parable, and four romances. Amir Khusrau (1253-1325) lived the greater part of adventurous life in Delhi; he composed in Persian, and also in Hindi. From the point of view of manuscript illustration, his most important work is his Khamsah (Quintet'). Khusrau's position as a link between cultures of Persia and India means that the early illustrated copies of the Khamsah have a particular interest. The first extant exemplar is from the Persian area in the late 14th century, but a case can be made that work was probably illustrated earlier in India.Translation missing: en.general.search.loading