Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
17th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm) W. 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Classification
Codices
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Accession Number
13.228.24
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenDeerRabbitsTigers
About the Artist
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi · 1228–1350
**Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (c. 1253–1325)** was an Indo-Persian poet, musician, scholar, and Sufi mystic of the Delhi Sultanate, celebrated as one of medieval India’s greatest literary figures and often called the “Parrot of India.” Born in Patiyali (in present-day Uttar Pradesh) to a Turkish father who served in the Delhi court and an Indian mother, he lost his father young and was raised in Delhi by...