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Hajji Mahmud

Khamsah-yi Navai خمسه نوایی (The Quintet of Navai) 1492

34.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 1005032.c

Description

Illuminated frontispiece.

Opening pages of a manuscript of the Khamsa of Navai written in Herat, signed by the illuminator Hajji Mahmud.

Provenance

Presented by Saadat Ali Khan, Nawab of Awadh, to Lord Teignmouth and delivered to George III in June 1799.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Hajji Mahmud
(illuminator)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820)
Physical properties

Measurements

34.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
Groupings
Category
Manuscripts
Object type(s)
components
layout features (manuscripts/incunables)
illuminated manuscript
Subject(s)
Language, Linguistics and Literature
Literature
Poetry

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