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Walters manuscript W.611 is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) by Nizami Ganjavi (died 605 AH/AD 1209), written in 1059 AH/AD 1649 by Shams al-Din Kirmani. The codex opens with an illuminated titlepiece inscribed hadha kitab Khamsah-'i Mawlana Shaykh-i Nizami (fol. 1b). There are additional illuminated headpieces for the subsequent 4 poems (fols. 22b, 82b, 130b, and 180b). The illustrations are in different styles executed during the Safavid and Qajar periods. The floral lacquer binding dates to the t13th century AH/AD 19th.
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