Khar (Ass) from the Nuzhat-nama

الحمار (نزهة نامه)

Khar (Ass), from a Nuzhat-nama-yi ala'i (Excellent Book of Counsel) of Shahmardan ibn Abi ; Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1947.498.b.

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A page from the Nuzhat-nama-yi 'Alai: the donkey; fifteenth century, Timurid Iran. In the Cleveland 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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  1. Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “Khar (Ass) from the Nuzhat-nama”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/himar-nuzhat/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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