The Story of the Wrongly Exiled Prince as Told by the Princess of the Sandalwood Pavilion from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi

1597-1598 (Mughal)

19 cm 28.5 cm

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This illustration from Walters manuscript W.624 depicts the story told to Bahram Gur by the princess of the sandalwood pavilion. The young prince who was wrongfully accused of incest follows the advice of three friends to exonerate himself. He is shown meditating upon a statue...

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Muhammad Zaki, 1241 AH/AD 1825-1826 [mode of acquisition unknown] [oval seal, fols. 1a, 211a]; 'abd al-raji Muhammad Shafi', 1247 AH/AD 1831-1832 [mode of acquisition unknown] [rectangular seal fols. 1a, 211a]; Muhammad 'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [large oval seal with no date on fol. 211a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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