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Muhammed's ascent to heaven in a vision.
![Muhammed's ascent to heaven in a vision. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/is/web-additional/sf13-228-3-4r.jpg)
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![Folio 322a: The Byzantine and Chinese painters vie in a trial of skill. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Front Cover Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Front Inside Cover Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Title-page with medallion in center containing names of Nizami's five works; angels at corners. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Title-page illuminated in blue and gold, giving name of Nizami's earliest work, Makhzan al-Asrar. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Title-page illuminated in blue and gold, containing an invocation of blessing upon the author. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Anushirwan the Just (King Chosroes I, 531-579 AD) and his Vizir, who teaches a lesson from teh talk he overheard between two owls. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Illuminated 'unwan, or title piece to Nizami's second work, Khusrau and Shirin. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page of Ms.: end of poem Makhzan al Asrar, decoration in color and gilt. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Khusrau II (590 - 628 AD) kills a lion in Shirin's presence. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Khusrau victorious over Bahram Chubin. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Shirin and her horse carried on the shoulders of her sculptor-lover, Farhad. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Khusrau arrives at Shirin's palace as she stands on the balcony. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Khusrau and Shirin united. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Decorative title-piece to Laila and Majnun. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Laila and Majnun as children neglecting their lessons. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Majnun's father takes the lovelorn youth on a pilgrimage to Mecca in the hope to restore his reason. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Naufal, the Arab cheiftain, champions Majnun's cause in battle. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Majnun gives himself as prisoner to an old woman in order to release another. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Majnun mourns his father's death. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Majnun's mother visits him in the wilderness shortly before she dies. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Laila and Majnun, long separated, swoon when they meet. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Majnun mourning at Laila's tomb. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Laila and Majnun united in Paradise, as seen in a vision by Zaid. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Tail-piece of the poem Laila and Majnun, painted and gilded. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Decorative head-piece to the 'Haft Paikar'. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Decorated page of manuscript from the poem 'Haft Paikar'. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Bahram Gur transfixes a deer's hoof to its ear with an arrow in the presence of his sweetheart Fitnah, who plays the harp. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Bahram and the Indian Princess in the Black Palace on Saturday. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Bahram and the Chinese Princess in the Yellow Palace on Sunday. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Bahram and the Khwaramian Princess in the Green Palace on Monday. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page of the Haft Paikar. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page of the Haft Paikar. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Bahram and the Russian Princess in the Red Palace on Tuesday. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Bahram and the Persian Princess in the Turquoise Palace on Wednsday. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Bahram and the Moorish Princess in the Sandal Palace. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Bahram and the Byzantine Princess in the White Palace on Friday. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Decorative tail-piece of the Haft Paikar. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Decorative head-piece to the first section of the Book of Alexander--the section being her entitled Sharaf-namah. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Battle between Alexander and the Zangis (Ethiopians or Egyptians). Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Alexander and the daughter of Darius III united. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Discussion in Alexander's presence about the difference between Occidental and Oriental art. The Byzantine and Chinese painters vie in a trial of skill, and the latter use mirrors to reflect the art of the former. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Alexander's combat against the Russians. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Alexander visits the land of Darkness in search of the Fountain of Life. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Decorative tail-piece to the first part of the Book of Alexander--here entitled Sharaf-namah. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Decorative title-piece to the second section of the Book of Alexander--here entitled Iqbal-namah. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Alexander and the Seventy Wise Men of Greece. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Alexander's return from the East to the North and his shutting out of the Gog and Magog by a wall. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Decorative tail-piece to the second section of the Book of Alexander--here entitled Iqbal-namah. Seal of Mohammed Husain, son of Mohammed Ibrahim. Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Back Inside Cover Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Back Cover Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![13.228.3 Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![13.228.3 Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![13.228.3 Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![13.228.3 Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![13.228.3 Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja), Paper, leather](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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Anushirwan the Just (King Chosroes I, 531-579 AD) and his Vizir, who teaches a lesson from teh talk he overheard between two owls.
Majnun's father takes the lovelorn youth on a pilgrimage to Mecca in the hope to restore his reason.
Bahram Gur transfixes a deer's hoof to its ear with an arrow in the presence of his sweetheart Fitnah, who plays the harp.
Decorative head-piece to the first section of the Book of Alexander--the section being her entitled Sharaf-namah.
Discussion in Alexander's presence about the difference between Occidental and Oriental art. The Byzantine and Chinese painters vie in a trial of skill, and the latter use mirrors to reflect the art of the former.