"Bahram Gur in the Red Palace on Tuesday", Folio 220 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Sultan Muhammad Nur|Mahmud Muzahib|Shaikh Zada|Nizami · Iranian|Iranian|Iranian|
Date: dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm) W. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm) Page: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) W.8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Country: present-day Afghanistan
Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Date range
1524 – 1525
Largest dimension
48.9 cm
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