Illustration of Timurids

The building of the palace of Khvarnaq
from a 1494-1495 copy of the Khamsa ('Five Poems') by Nizami.


Herat, 1494-1495. Held by the British Library, Ms Or. 6810.
The building of the palace of Khvarnaq for Nu'man, an Arab chief who was the mentor of the young Bahram Gur.


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