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Artist



Alternative names	Baswan; Basavan; Basavana
Description	Indian painter and illuminator
Date of birth/death	1560s date QS:P,+1560-00-00T00:00:00Z/8	1600s date QS:P,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Location of birth	Uttar Pradesh
Work period	1560 –1600
Authority file	: Q728311 VIAF: 171563255 ULAN: 500329649 GND: 1012525562

Muhammad Husayn Kashmiri (–1611)
Alternative names	Muhammad Husain Zarin Qalam; Muhammad Husayn al-Katib Kashmiri
Description	calligrapher
Date of birth/death		1611
Work period	circa 1560 –
Authority file	: Q5901002 VIAF: 189148521984620851178 GND: 1123580529



Alternative names	Amir Khusrow; Amir Khusrau Dihlavi; Amir Khusrau; Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusro; Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau; Amir Khushrow Dehlavi; Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī
Description	poet, philosopher, writer and musician
Date of birth/death	1253	27 September 1325
Location of birth/death	Patiyali	Delhi
Authority file	: Q207817 VIAF: 76503034 ISNI: 0000000101240717 LCCN: n79065219 NLA: 35006030 MusicBrainz: b8ee65ce-8592-4b22-9e07-37fe233bdf29 WorldCat

Title

"A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Object type

Genre

Description

Date

1597–98

Medium

Image: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Margins: Gold on dyed paper

Dimensions

H. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)

W. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Current location

Islamic Art

Accession number

13.228.29

Credit line

Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913

References

Source/Photographer

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