Khusraw and Shirin in their Wedding Chamber

Khusraw and Shirin in their Wedding Chamber

Shirin in her wedding chambers with her husband:
possible depiction of marital sex erased

illuminated manuscripts:

This folio from Walters manuscript W.609 contains an image of Khusraw and Shirin in their wedding chamber. The image has been erased at some point in the manuscript's history. The inscription on the right reads: al-sultan al-'adil.
Folio: 106a
illustration


Place of Origin: Afghanistan (?)
Place of Origin: India

Composition: 922 AH/AD 1516; Miniature repainted: 12th century AH/AD 18th (Safavid)

Author: Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209), Scribe: Yar Muhammad al-Haravi (Islamic, active ca. 922 AH/AD 1516), Artist: 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn 'Abd al-Fattah ibn 'Ali (Islamic, active ca. 922 AH/AD 1516). Composition: 922 AH/AD 1516; Miniature repainted: 12th century AH/AD 18th (Safavid). Illustration: Khusraw and Shirin in their Wedding Chamber. illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves). Place: The Walters Art Museum, Acquired by Henry Walters, W.609.106A, Muhammad Asharf ibn Muhammad Khatam al-Husayni, 1173 AH/AD 1759-1760 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fols. 1a and 401a]; Husayn ?[?], 1308 AH/AD 1890-1891 [date and mod. https://library.artstor.org/asset/AWALTERSIG_10313536301

Author: Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209)
Scribe: Yar Muhammad al-Haravi (Islamic, active ca. 922 AH/AD 1516)
Artist: 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn 'Abd al-Fattah ibn 'Ali (Islamic, active ca. 922 AH/AD 1516)