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The Old Man Encounters a Youth
Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād1485 (AH 890)
Chester Beatty
Dublin, Ireland
The thirteen illustrations in this manuscript of the Five Poems (Khamsa) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi are attributed to Bihzad, renowned as the greatest of all Persian painters. He worked in Herat (then part of Iran) at the court of the Timurid ruler Husayn Bayqara, who appointed him head of the royal atelier, a position previously held only by calligraphers.
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Details
- Title: The Old Man Encounters a Youth
- Creator: Attributed to Bihzad
- 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 163.38
- Additional Description: Khamsa (Five Poems) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi
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