The khamsa posters & prints

Hands as Amulets II, 1992 Laila Shawa

Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khosraw Dehlavi, early 16th century Persian School

Windows of Hope, 1990 Laila Shawa

A King Receiving Three Men, page from the Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1450-1500 Unknown

The Zar II, 1992 Laila Shawa

Khamsa of Nizami in a pavilion among followers and attendants, c.1590 Persian School

Folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami School Iranian

Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa…, c. 1590-1600 Sanwalah (attributed to)

The Ascension of Mohammed Islamic School

Khusraw Feasting, 1431 Iranian master

Khusraw Discovers Shirin Bathing. (From Pictorial Cycle of Eight Poetic Subjects), Mid of the 18th cen Iranian master

Nushirwan Listens to the Owls…, 1555-65 Unknown

Bahram Visits the White Domed Pavilion; part of Khamsa of Nizami, Haft Paykar…, c. 1560-15 Unknown

Nushirwan Listens to the Owls?, 1555-65 Unknown

The Consummation of the Marriage Between Khusraw and Shirin (Miniature From the Cycle of Eight Poeti Iranian master

The Birth of Alexander the Great. From: Eskandar-nameh (The Book of Alexander) Anonymous

Hamsa's son Rustum with his mistress Mihr Afruz. India, mid-16th century Unknown

Farhad Carries Shirin and her Horse on his Shoulders, 1431 Iranian master

Alexander building his rampart against Gog and Magog. Shiraz, Iran, 16th century Unknown

Shirin Visiting Farhad Iranian master

Iskander Watching the Sirens. (Manuscript illumination from the epic Iskandar-nameh) Iranian master

Bahram Gur Visits the Princess of India in the Black Pavilion…, c. 1400-1410 Unknown

The Crescent and Hand Anonymous

Persian verses from a Haft Awrang of Jami, mid 1500s Unknown

Yusuf and Zulaykha; Illustration and Text in an Anthology…, c. 1556-65 Unknown

A Eunuch's Dream, 1874 Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ