Khamsa

Description:

Folios 223 verso, 224 recto: Opening Page of the Fifth Poem Sadd-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Wall)

Author:

Amir ʿAli Shir Navaʿi (1441-1501)

Copyist:

Sayyid Quli ibn Riza Quli

Language:

Chagtai Turkish

Medium:

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on dyed paper

Location:

Balkh

Dimensions:

Folio: H. 30.2 cm; W. 20 cm

Date:

1829

Inventory Number:

Ms. Yah. Ar. 1119

Lender:

National Library of Israel

Credit:

From the collections of The National Library of Israel