| Title |
Khamsa-i-Nizami [The Khamsa or "Five Narrative Poems" of Nizami] |
| Accession Number |
R760-C220 |
| Museum Name |
Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata |
| Gallery Name |
- |
| Object Type |
Manuscript |
| Main Material |
Paper |
| Author |
Maulana Nizami Ganjavi (12th century) |
| Provenance |
Ganeshi Lall & Sons |
| Scribe |
Unknown |
| Period / Year of Work |
1041 AH/1631 AD AD |
| Subject |
A collection of five poems (another copy) |
| Language |
Persian |
| Script |
Unknown |
| Number of folios |
368 and 20 lines to a page. |
| Number of Illustrations |
33 and 3 seals and few signatures. |
| Dimensions |
16.4x27.7cm |
| Brief Description |
The opening of each poem is very beautifully decorated.
Illuminated pages containing illustrations are exquisitely illuminated.
Marginal decorations consist of floral designs and miniatures of birds and animals. |
| Detailed Description |
Nizami is accredited as one of the greatest of the Persian poets, particularly in the sphere of Romantic epics. The Quintet contains the following poems: a Makhzanu'l Asrar, b Khusrari and Shiun, c Laila and Majnu, d Haft Paikar, e Iskandar-nama |
