Folio from an illustrated manuscript
"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Sultan Muhammad Nur|Mahmud Muzahib|Shaikh Zada|Nizami
Iranian, ca. 1472–ca. 1536|Iranian, ca. 1500–1560|Iranian, active 1510–1550|present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja
Sultan Muhammad Nur|Mahmud Muzahib|Shaykh Zada|Nizami
A.H. 931/1524–25 CE
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Horses|Women|Men|Goats