MADE FOR SULTAN JALAL AL-DIN KHALIL KHAN, AH 882-3/1478 AD

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ELEVEN ILLUMINATED FOLIOS FROM A KHAMSEH OF NIZAMI
Made for Sultan Jalal al-Din Khalil Khan, AH 882-3/1478 AD
Persian manuscript on buff paper, comprising eight miniatures in gouache heightened with gold and three very finely illuminated folios, one with the dedicatory shamsa inscribed to Sultan Jalal al-Din Khalil Khan with copious ownership inscriptions, slight water damage
Folio 11 x 6 7/8in. (27.8 x 17.4cm.) (11)

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Lot Essay

Sultan Khalil Khan was the Aqquyunlu ruler and son of Uzun Hasan. He ruled for only one year from 882-3 (1478 AD). The name Jalal-al Din is not recorded. The Aqquyunlu ruled Diyar Bakr, Eastern Anatolia and Azerbayjan. Another manuscript in his name is in the Chester Beatty Library.

This fragment of a very fine manuscript contains very beautiful illumination and miniatures in the Turkman style.
The miniatures are:
Shirin sees Khusrau's portrait
Iskandar fighting the Zangis
Majnun in chains brought to Leili's camp
Majnun in the wilderness with the animals
Farhad and Shirin on Mount Bisitun
A prince and a princess on a throne (possibly a scene from Haft Paykar) Sultan Sanjar and the old woman
Iskandar lassoing Kintal the Russian champion
One of the seals on the opening folio is of Azim al-'Umara known as Aristu Jah, the prime minister of Nizam 'Ali the ruler of Hyderabad 1762-1803.

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