Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer

بهرام غور وديلارام

"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quin; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 13.228.28.

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A page illustrated from the Khamsa of Nizami: Bahram Gur sees a herd of gazelles and is enchanted by the music of Dilaram, India; 1597–1598. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1

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islam.museum contributors. “Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/bahram-dilaram/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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