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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.55
Title
Khamsa-yi Ashraf by Mawlana Ashraf of Maragha
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript
Date
c. 1644
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Isfahan
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216312

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and color on paper

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.55
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The five sections of the Khamsa-yi Ashraf are: Manhaj al-abrar; Riyad al-arafin; Ishqnama; Haft Awrang; and Jafarnama.
Commentary
Mawlana Ashraf wrote this text in 1450-51, in response to the Khamsa written by Jami about fifty years earlier.

Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S231 (Islamic rotation: 4) Strolling Through Isfahan: Seventeenth-Century Paintings From Safavid Iran, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/08/2010 - 06/13/2010

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