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This document is a digital facsimile of selections from a manuscript belonging to the Walters ArtMuseum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscriptsthat have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment forthe Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details aboutthe manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's websitewww.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Waltersmanuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message tobe directed to the Department of Manuscripts.

NOTE: The pages in this book are ordered from right to left. This means that to view the pages inorder, you should go the last page of the document and read what would be from “back-to-front”for a Western manuscript.

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Text: Heşt bihiştLabel: This incipit page has an illuminated titlepieceintroducing the fourth poem of the Ḫamse, inscribedKitāb-i Heşt bihişt.

fol. 199b:Title: Alexander the Great at the side of Darius, thekilled Persian kingForm: Illustration; frontispieceText: IskendernāmeLabel: This is the right side of a double-page illustratedfrontispiece depicting Alexander the Great (Iskender) atthe side of Darius (Dārā), the killed Persian king.

fol. 200a:Title: Alexander the Great in search of the fountain oflifeForm: Illustration; frontispieceText: IskendernāmeLabel: This is the left side of a double-page illustratedfrontispiece depicting Alexander the Great (Iskender) insearch of the fountain of life.

fol. 200b:Title: Incipit page with illuminated titlepieceForm: Incipit; titlepieceText: IskendernāmeLabel: This incipit page has an illuminated titlepieceintroducing the fifth poem of the Ḫamse, inscribedKitāb-i Iskendernāme.

Acquisition Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Binding The binding date is undetermined.

Possibly dates to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE; browngoatskin (no flap); dentelle style with central lobed oval,pendants, and cornerpieces brushed with gold; doublures ofa similar pattern decorated in gold and blue

Bibliography Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in theBritish Museum. (London: British Museum, 1888), 292.

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Form: Illustration; frontispieceText: Mecnūn va LeylāLabel: This is the right side of a double-page illustratedfrontispiece depicting Leylā in her pavilion with herattendants.

fol. 109a:Title: Mecnūn in the company of wild animalsForm: Illustration; frontispieceText: Mecnūn va LeylāLabel: This is the left side of a double-page illustratedfrontispiece, depicting Mecnūn in the company of wildanimals.

fol. 109b:Title: Inicpit page with illuminated titlepieceForm: Incipit; titlepieceText: Mecnūn va LeylāLabel: This incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece,introducing the third poem of the Ḫamse, inscribedKitāb-i Mecnūn va Leylā.

fol. 147b:Title: Bahrām Gūr hunting deer while Fitnah plays theharpForm: Illustration; frontispieceText: Heşt bihiştLabel: This is the right side of a double-page illustratedfrontispiece depicting Bahrām Gūr hunting deer whileFitnah plays the harp.

fol. 148a:Title: Bahrām Gūr being entertained by his maidForm: Illustration; frontispieceText: Heşt bihiştLabel: This is the left side of a double-page illustratedfrontispiece depicting Bahrām Gūr being entertained byhis maid.

fol. 148b:Title: Incipit page with illuminated titlepieceForm: Incipit; titlepiece

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Text: Ḫeyrāt ül-ebrārLabel: This is the left side of a double-page illustratedfrontispiece depicting a courtyard scene with a princereceiving gifts. The inscription over the door on the leftreads yā Mufattiḥ al-abwāb.

fol. 2b:Title: Incipit page with illuminated titlepieceForm: Incipit; titlepieceText: Ḫeyrāt ül-ebrārLabel: This incipit page has an illuminated titlepieceintroducing the first poem of the Ḫamse, inscribedKitāb-i ḫeyrāt ül-ebrār.

fol. 45b:Title: Khusraw being entertained in his court with wineand musicForm: Illustration; frontispieceText: Ferhād va ŞīrīnLabel: This is the right side of a double-page illustratedfrontispiece depicting Khusraw being entertained in hiscourt with wine and music.

fol. 46a:Title: Ferhād carrying Şīrīn and her dead horse on hisshouldersForm: Illustration; frontispieceText: Ferhād va ŞīrīnLabel: This is the left side of a double-page illustratedfrontispiece depicting Ferhād carrying Şīrīn and herdead horse on his shoulders.

fol. 46b:Title: Incipit page with illuminated titlepieceForm: Incipit; titlepieceText: Ferhād va ŞīrīnLabel: This incipit page has an illuminated titlepieceintroducing the second poem of the Ḫamse, inscribedKitāb-i Ferhād va Şīrīn.

fol. 108b:Title: Leylā in her pavilion with her attendants

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Laid paper

Extent Foliation: 276

Collation Catchwords: Written on versos

Dimensions 16.5 cm wide by 23.5 cm high

Written surface 11.0 cm wide by 17.5 cm high

Layout Columns: 4Ruled lines: 25Framing lines in blue, black, and gold

Contents fols. 1b - 276a:Title: Ḫamse-yi NevāʾīIncipit:

Text note: Contains Kitāb-i ḫeyrāt ül-ebrār (fols.1b-2a), Kitāb-i Ferhād va Şīrīn (fols. 45b-46a), Kitāb-i Mecnūn va Leylā (fols. 108b-109a), Kitāb-i Heştbihişt (fols. 147b-148a), and Kitāb-i Iskendernāme(fols. 199b-200a)Hand note: Written in black nastaʿlīq script with redsection headingsDecoration note: Five double-page illustrations(fols. 1b-2a, 45b-46a, 108b-109a, 147b-148a, and199b-200a); incipit pages with illuminated titlepieces(fols. 2b, 46b, 109b, 148b, and 200b); framing lines inblue, black, and gold

Decoration fol. 1b:Title: A courtyard sceneForm: Illustration; frontispieceText: Ḫeyrāt ül-ebrārLabel: This is the right side of a double-page illustratedfrontispiece depicting a courtyard scene with courtierscarrying gifts.

fol. 2a:Title: A courtyard sceneForm: Illustration; frontispiece

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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.663

Descriptive Title Five poems (quintet)

Text title Ḫamse-yi NevāʾīVernacular:

Author Authority name: Alisher Navoii, 1441-1501As-written name: ʿAlī Šīr NevāʾīName, in vernacular:

Known as: Mir Ali ŠirNote: Author dates preferred by cataloger: d. 906 AH / 1501CE

Abstract This is a Safavid illuminated and illustrated collection ofthe Ḫamse (quintet), written in Çaġatāy (eastern Turkic),composed by the celebrated ʿAlī Šīr Nevāʾī (d. 906 AH /1501 CE), and inspired by the Persian Khamse of Niẓāmī andAmīr Khusraw Dihlavī. This copy dates to the tenth centuryAH / sixteenth CE and has five double-page illustrations inthe early Safavid court style. Each double-page illustrationintroduces the following individual poems: Kitāb-i ḫeyrāt ül-ebrār (fols. 1b-2a), Kitāb-i Ferhād va Şīrīn (fols. 45b-46a),Kitāb-i Mecnūn va Leylā (fols. 108b-109a), Kitāb-i Heştbihişt (fols. 147b-148a), and Kitāb-i Iskendernāme (fols.199b-200a). Each poem is also introduced by an illuminatedincipit (fols. 2b, 46b, 109b, 148b, and 200b). The browngoatskin binding has a central lobed oval with pendants andcornerpieces brushed with gold. It is possibly attributable tothe tenth century AH / sixteenth CE.

Date 10th century AH / 16th CE

Origin Turkey

Form Book

Genre Literary -- Poetry

Language The primary language in this manuscript is Turkish.

Support material Paper

This document is a digital facsimile of selections from a manuscript belonging to the Walters ArtMuseum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscriptsthat have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment forthe Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details aboutthe manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's websitewww.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Waltersmanuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message tobe directed to the Department of Manuscripts.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2011

A digital facsimile of selections fromWalters Ms. W.663, Five poems (quintet)Title: Ḫamse-yi Nevāʾī

Published by: The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201

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