Divan (Collected Works) of Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i
Item
Title
Divan (Collected Works) of Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i
Description
This is an image from a collection of poetry composed by Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i. This image depicts a king and his consort enjoying music in a garden.
Creator
Calligrapher: Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Temporal Coverage
1499 - 1500 CE
Spatial Coverage
Herat, present-day Afghanistan
Type
Manuscript
Date Created
1499 - 1500 CE
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contributor
Marina Marotto
Rights
Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
