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Pearls of the Parrot of India: The Emperor Akbar's Illustrated Khamsa, 1597–98 Back to main page for this exhibition An old Sufi laments his lost youth when a male beauty in a garden rebuffs his amorous advances Leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi Inscribed: 'amal-i Lal Lahore, present-day Pakistan, Mughal period, 1597–98 The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland (W.624 folio 35a) Having accidentally killed a youth, a king offers to make amends to the aggrieved mother by giving her a choice of a basin bearing his own head or one heaped with gold Leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi Attributed to Miskin Lahore, present-day Pakistan, Mughal period, 1597–98 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913 (13.228.26) Khusrau and Shirin are entertained by musicians Leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi Inscribed: 'amal-i Manohar Lahore, present-day Pakistan, Mughal period, 1597–98 The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland (W.624 folio 51 a) Saddened by the news of Khusrau's marriage to Shakar, Shirin takes a ride with her maids and meets the sculptor Farhad Leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi Inscribed: 'amal-i Sanval Lahore, present-day Pakistan, Mughal period, 1597–98 The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland (W.624 folio 59a) Solomon orders one idle demon to fill the sea with sand and another to fill the desert with water Leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi Inscribed: 'amal-i Ali Quli Lahore, present-day Pakistan, Mughal period, 1597–98 The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland (W.624 folio 94b) Laila and Majnun fall in love at school Leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi Inscribed: 'amal-i Dharmadas Lahore, present-day Pakistan, Mughal period, 1597–98 The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland (W.624 folio 98a) The story of the princess of the Blue Pavilion: the youth of Rum is entertained in a garden by a fairy and her maidens Leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi Inscribed: 'amal-i Manohar Lahore, present-day Pakistan, Mughal period, 1597–98 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913 (13.228.33) The story of the princess of the Sandalwood Pavilion: a prince falsely accused of incest exonerates himself with the aid of magic spells taught to him by friends Leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi Inscribed: 'amal-i Mukund Lahore, present-day Pakistan, Mughal period, 1597–98 The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland (W.624 folio 203b)

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