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Sufis Performing Sama before Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya
1485 (AH 890)
Chester Beatty
Dublin, Ireland
Persian text in nasta'liq script. Amir Khusraw Dihlavi is regarded as India's greatest mystical poet. He was a prominent member of the Chishtiyya Sufi order, one of the great leaders of which was Nizam al-Din Awliya (both men died in 1325), who is portrayed in the centre of this composition.
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- Title: Sufis Performing Sama before Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya
- Date Created: 1485 (AH 890)
- Physical Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Location Created: Herat, Afghanistan
- Original Source: Chester Beatty Library
- Rights: © Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
- Collection Number: CBL Per 163.6
- Additional Description: Khamsa (Five Poems) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi
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