Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin

فرهاد يحفر قناة اللبن لشيرين

"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of G; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 13.228.7.5.

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A page illustrated from the Khamsa of Nizami, dated 931 AH / 1524–1525 CE: Farhad digs a channel of milk for Shirin. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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islam.museum contributors. “Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/farhad-shirin/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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