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- ISBN: 9780700714674 | 0700714677
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 12/20/2002
This is a detailed study of the illustrations to Amir Khusrau'sKhamsah, 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 hisKhamsah(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.