Walters Ms. W.657, Three collections of poetryKhamsah-i Niẓāmīخمسه نظاميKhamsah-i Dihlavīخمسه دهلوىTimūrnāmah-i Hātifīتيمورنامه هاتفى<note type="title" xml:id="n252.175950">Also known as Ẓafarnāmah-i Hātifī</note>Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3Ilyās ibn Yūsuf Niẓāmī Ganjavīالياس بن يوسف نظامي گنجويAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: d. 605 AH / 1209 CEAmīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325Amīr Khusraw Dihlavīامير خسرو دهلويAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: d. 725 AH / 1325 CEHātifī, d. 1520 or 1ʿAbd Allāh Hātifīعبد الله هاتفيAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: d. 927 AH / 1520 CEPrincipal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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This is an illustrated and illuminated composite volume of three poetic texts: the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d. 605 AH / 1209 CE), the Khamsah (quintet) of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d. 725 AH / 1325 CE), and the Timūrnāmah (Epic of Timur) by ʿAbd Allāh Hātifī (d. 927 AH / 1520 CE), also known as the Ẓafarnāmah. The texts are written in black naskh script, with titles, section headings, and incidentals in white or red tawqīʿ/riqāʿ script. It was produced in the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE, in either India or Safavid Iran. The binding is not original to the manuscript. According to a note on front flyleaf iia, the codex was re-bound and restored by a bookbinder of Tabriz, Khwand Mullā Mahdī Ṣaḥḥāf-i Tabrīzī in 1295 AH /1878 CE.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.657The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1b - 316aKhamsah-i Niẓāmīخمسه نظاميبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هست كليد در كنج حكيم...Written in main text area (four columns); contains all five poems: Makhzan al-asrār, Khusraw va Shīrīn, Laylá va Majnūn, Haft paykar, and Iskandarnāmah (divided into Iqbālnāmah and Khidrnāmah)fols. 1b - 282aKhamsah-i Dihlavīخمسه دهلوىبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم خطبه قدست بملك قديم...Obliquely written text placed in the outer area within the frame and in the first column; contains Maṭlaʿ al-anvār, Shīrin va Khusraw, Majnūn va Laylá, Āyinah-i Iskandarī, and Hasht bihisht; blank spaces and some missing couplets on fols. 175a-175bfols. 282b - 329aTimūrnāmah-i Hātifīتيمورنامه هاتفى<note type="title" xml:id="n252.176023">Also known as Ẓafarnāmah-i Hātifī</note>بنام خداۓ کہ فكر خرد...Subheadings not supplied

Tinted laid paper: cream for text area and rose or light brown for margins

Foliation: iii+330+iii28.019.00.00.00.00.00.00.0

Written obliquely at ends of fifth columns

Written surface within frame consisting of five columns, the first with text written obliquely, as well as a margin, also with obliquely written text; text of Khamsah-i Niẓāmī begins in second column; framing lines in orange, green, gold, black, and whiteObliquely written text beginning in the outer area of fol. 282b and continuing in the first column (after fol. 316a occupying the other columns as well)Main text written in small naskh script executed in black ink; titles of works and other inscriptions in headpieces and subheadings in tawqīʿ/riqāʿ script in white or red inkMain text written in small naskh script in black ink; titles of works and other inscriptions in headpieces and subheadings in tawqīʿ/riqāʿ script in white or red inkMain text written in small naskh script executed in black ink; titles of works and other inscriptions in headpieces and subheadings in tawqīʿ/riqāʿ script in white or red inkIllustrations; double-page illuminated frontispiece (right side now missing); incipit pages with headpieces; titlepieces introducing various works plus smaller pieces; blank spaces and some couplets missing on fols. 175a-175bIllustrations; various works introduced by small illuminated titlepiecesIllustrations; illuminated rectangular piece occupying the outer area and the first column with the inscription: Tamarnāmah-i [sic] Hātifī ʿalayhi al-raḥmahDouble-page illuminated frontispiece with titlepieceFrontispiece; titlepieceThis is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece, inscribed in the central panel with the titles of the three works contained in the manuscript, as well as their locations within the frame. The facing page is now missing.Incipit with illuminated titlepieceIncipit; titlepieceThis illuminated titlepiece is inscribed in white tawqīʿ/riqāʿ script: Makhzan al-asrār-i Shaykh-i Niẓāmī ʿalayhi al-raḥmah. Three small triangular pieces at the beginning of the text introduce Maṭlaʿ al-anwār, the first poem of the Khamsah of Dihlavī. There is one cornerpiece with floral design.An old woman implores Sultan Sanjar for helpMakhzan al-asrārIllustrationAn old woman complains before Sultan Sanjar on horseback about feeling oppressed by his policeman.Incipit with illuminated headpiece and titlepieceKhusraw va ShīrīnIncipit; headpiece; titlepieceThis incipit page has two illuminated pieces, a headpiece and a titlepiece. The latter is in the lower panel, which is inscribed: Khusraw va Shīrīn-i Shaykh-i Niẓāmī.Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathingKhusraw va ShīrīnIllustrationIncipit with illuminated headpiece and titlepieceShīrin va KhusrawIncipit; headpiece; titlepieceThis incipit page has a few illuminated pieces. Above, there is a headpiece inscribed: huwa Allāh. At the right is a triangular piece and the inscription: Shīrin va Khusraw-i Amīr Khusraw.Shīrīn visiting Farhād at Mt. BisitūnKhusraw va ShīrīnIllustrationShīrīn rides out to BisitūnKhusraw va ShīrīnIllustrationShīrīn on horseback giving a drink to FarhādKhusraw va ShīrīnIllustrationIllustrated finispiece with three men praying near a streamKhusraw va ShīrīnIllustration; finispieceThis illustrated finispiece depicts three men praying by a stream. The scene makes reference to the final verses (a prayer) that conclude Khusraw va Shīrīn.Incipit with illuminated headpiece and titlepieceLaylá va MajnūnIncipit; headpiece; titlepieceThis incipit page has an illuminated headpiece and, in the lower panel, a titlepiece inscribed Laylá va Majnūn.Laylá and Majnūn at schoolLaylá va MajnūnIllustrationIncipit with illuminated headpiece and titlepieceIncipit; headpiece; titlepieceThis incipit page has an illuminated headpiece and titlepiece. Above is a two-tiered illumination inscribed Allāhu wa-lā siwāhu. Below, at the right, are two small rectagular pieces insscribed: Majnūn Laylá-i Amīr Khusraw.Nawfal’s battle with Laylá’s tribeLaylá va MajnūnIllustrationLaylá and Majnūn meet in the desertLaylá va MajnūnIllustrationSick woman in bed with her attendantsLaylá va MajnūnIllustrationIncipit with illuminated headpiece and titlepieceIncipit; headpiece; titlepieceThis incipit page has an illuminated titepiece inscribed: Haft paykar-i Shaykh-i Niẓāmī in white ink.King enthroned in a landscape receiving giftsLaylá va MajnūnIllustrationIncipit with illuminated titlepieceIncipit; titlepieceThis illuminated incipit page has a large titlepiece inscribed: huwa Allāhu subḥānahu. On the right side, below the titlepiece, three triangles are inscribed: Hasht bihisht-i Amīr Khusraw.Bahrām Gūr in the black pavilionHaft paykarIllustrationBahrām Gūr in the yellow pavilionHaft paykarIllustrationBahrām Gūr in the green pavilionHaft paykarIllustrationBahrām Gūr in the red pavilionHaft paykarIllustrationBahrām Gūr in the blue pavilionHaft paykarIllustrationBahrām Gūr in the sandalwood pavilionHaft paykarIllustrationBahrām Gūr in the white pavilionHaft paykarIllustrationBahrām Gūr watching justice being served to a man and a womanHaft paykarIllustrationBahrām Gūr hunting deer with a lassoHaft paykarIllustrationIncipit with illuminated headpiece and titlepieceIqbālnāmahIncipit; headpiece; titlepieceThis incipit page has several illuminated pieces. The titlepiece is inscribed: Iqbālnāmah-i Iskandarī.Incipit with illuminated headpiece and titlepieceIncipit; headpiece; titlepieceThis incipit page has several illuminated pieces. In the illuminated panels at the lower right is inscribed: Āyinah-i Iskandarī-i Amīr Khusraw.Alexander the Great (Iskandar) fighting the Zanghis (Ethiopians)IskandarnāmahIllustrationIllustrated finispiece with landscapeIskandarnāmahIllustration; finispieceIncipit with illuminated headpiece and titlepieceKhirdnāmahIncipit; headpiece; titlepieceThis incipit page has a number of illuminated pieces, including a titlepiece inscribed: Khirdnāmah-i Iskandari-i Niẓāmī.Incipit with illuminated piecesIncipit; headpiece; titlepiece; tailpieceThis illuminated incipit page has a headpiece in the form of a dome and two rectangular pieces below, one of which is a tailpiece for the end of Khamsah-i Amīr Khusraw; the other has the inscription: Timurnāmah-i Hātifī ʿalayhi al-raḥmah.Alexander the Great (Iskandar) being handed a letter that describes a dangerous passage through the mountainsIskandarnāmahIllustrationIllustrated finispieceIllustration; finispieceThis is the right side of a double-page illustrated finispiece.Illustrated finispieceIllustration; finispieceThis is the left side of a double-page illustrated finispiece. A youthful prince in a landscape is depicted dictating a letter.

Red leather with central medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces (no flap); gold-painted arabesque decoration; re-bound and restored by a bookbinder of Tabriz, Khwand Mullā Mahdī Ṣaḥḥāf-i Tabrīzī (see note, signed and dated 1295 AH / 1878 CE on front flyleaf iia)

10th century AH / 16th CE; partial dates given on fol. 26a (last day of Ramaḍān) and fol. 214b (Shawwāl)IranNote regarding re-binding and restoration of this volume by a bookbinder of Tabriz, Khwand Mullā Mahdī Ṣaḥḥāf-i Tabrīzī, signed and dated 1295 AH / 1878 CE (front flyleaf iia)Seal impression with motto containing the name Munḏir (fol. 280b)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksRichard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), nos. 232-4. (Timūrnāmah-i Hātifi)Gacek, Adam. Persian Manuscripts in the Libraries of McGill University: Brief Union Catalogue. (Montreal: McGill University Libraries, 2005), no 110. (Khamsah-i Dihlavī)Gacek, Adam. Persian Manuscripts in the Libraries of McGill University: Brief Union Catalogue. (Montreal: McGill University Libraries, 2005), no. 111.Storey, C. A. Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey, Vol. 2. (London: Luzac, 1927- ), 438-495. (Khamsah-i Niẓāmī)ArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetRomaniaKashmiriHorsesWalters Art MuseumBlockbookDocumentGeneologyAstrologyDevotionHistoryLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyPhilosophyScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMineralogyLogicGeographyGeomancyCosmologyCartographyFortune-tellingKoranQur`anFirmanPalimpsestPrayerBibleGospelsPsalterMissalLectionaryBook of HoursAntiphonaryPrayerbookHomilaryProcessionalHorologionBreviaryHymnalChroniclePsalter/HoursMaghrebSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyAfghanistanCentral Arab Lands (Near East)Central AsiaEgyptEnglandIndiaIranIraqPakistanGermanyFranceAustriaNetherlandsEthiopiaArmeniaFlandersGreeceMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianArmenianByzantineAbbasidQajarRajputChristianArabicAustrianDutchEgyptianFatimidGermanIndianIslamicPersianSafavidTimuridTurkishUmayyadEnglishFrenchFlemishEthiopianCarolingianCalligraphyChartsColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIllustrationMedallionMiniatureOrnamentPainting'Kufic'Early Abbasid scriptRaginiRomanesqueGothicWatermarkTreasure BindingGrotesquesHistoriated initialInhabited initialCarolingian MinusculeGothic Book handWhite-vine letteringEnglish secretaryTexturaBatardaHumanisticUncialAccordion bookAlbumBookCodexManuscriptHeraldrySaint's LifeDrawingGrisailleOriginal BindingBindingNew Abbasid styleLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishBookCodexHistoryIlluminationIllustrationIndiaIranIslamicManuscriptPersianWalters Art MuseumLiterature -- Poetry