A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother

الملك والأم الثكلى

"A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 13.228.26.

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A page illustrated from the Khamsa of Nizami, the Aq Qoyunlu copy, India; 1597–1598. 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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  1. Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/malik-walida/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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