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Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

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Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Date: 1597–98
Type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Department: Islamic Art
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: MMA13.228.26
Credit: Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913

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