Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Khosrow and Shirin's Wedding Night - Timurid Period

Folio
Period: Timurid Dynasty
Date: 15th Century
Kept in Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
Source: Iranian.com

This folio is about Khosrow and Shirin's wedding night. The miniature is from a manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa "Five Poems." It belongs to Timurid period.