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| Keywords: Khusrau stand on either side of the canal built to supply Shirin with the milk of goats and cows, taken from the Khamseh of Nizami.jpg en The sculptor Farhad left and a male figure perhaps Khusrau right stand on either side of the canal built to supply Shirin with the milk of goats and cows taken from the Khamseh of Nizami On the other side of a small stream stand six goats A rocky landscape with minimal foliage decorates the background Text at the top of the page has been overpainted Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Out of love for the Persian king Khusrau the Armenian queen Shirin abandoned her throne and took up residence in the unhealthy region of Kirmanshah To slake Shirin's thirst for milk a sculptor named Farhad was employed to fashion a canal that would run from distant pastures and carry the milk of goats and cows to Shirin's palace The text panels on this page were probably removed when the painting was mounted in an album ~ 1610 http //www britishmuseum org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details aspx objectid 231793 partid 1 searchText mughal fromADBC ad toADBC ad numpages 10 images on orig 2fresearch 2fsearch_the_collection_database aspx currentPage 82 author Mughal Style PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Khosrow and Shirin Persian miniatures Nezami 17th-century Mughal miniatures 1610s paintings from India | ||||
