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Khwājū Kermānī

Islamic author

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contribution to Persian art

In Islamic arts: Painting
…began about 1396 with the Khwāju Kermānī manuscript and culminated between 1420 and 1440 in the paintings produced by the Herāt school, an academy created by Timur’s son Shāh Rokh and developed by Shāh Rokh’s son Baysunqur Mīrzā to codify, copy, and illustrate classical Iranian literature. Although several Shāh-nāmehs are…
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work illustrated by Junayd

In Junayd
His work includes illustrations for Khwājū Kermānī’s Khamseh (“Five Poems”), completed in 1396, and margin illustrations for Sultan Aḥmad’s Dīvān.
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