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Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: text; verso: illustration: Caliph al-Ma'mun and the barber

Calligrapher: Murshid al-Shirazi1548 (955 A.H.)

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Title: Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: text; verso: illustration: Caliph al-Ma'mun and the barber
Creator: Calligrapher: Murshid al-Shirazi
Date Created: 1548 (955 A.H.)
Location: Iran, Fars, Shiraz
External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Freer|Sackler collection, please visit http://www.asia.si.edu/.
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Historical Period: Safavid period
Credit Line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art

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