Junayd (illustrator)

For the 9th century mystic, see Junayd of Baghdad.
Junayd Baghdadi
(جنيد)
Signature of Junayd (’amal-i Junayd-i Baghdādī)[1] in the Divan of Khvaju Kirmani, 1396, Baghdad.[2]
The signature of Junayd appears in the grisaille window over the throne of Humayun. Folio 45, Divan of Khvaju Kirmani, 1396.[2]

Junayd Baghdadi (Persian: جُنیدِ بَغدادی; circa 1396) was a 14th-century illustrator and a royal painter (naqqash-i sultani) at the time of the Jalayirid Sultanate in Baghdad.[3][4] He was named a student of Shams al-Din by Dust Muhammad.[3]

He is known as the illustrator for the Divan of Khvaju Kirmani, published in 1396 in Baghdad.[5][3] This manuscript is "the most firmly dated illustrated and high-quality Jalayirid manuscript".[2] One of the paintings was signed by Junayd himself.[2] He may also have been the illustrator of the paintings in Freer Divan's paintings.[3]

  • Divan of Khvaju Kirmani, illustrations by Junaid (1396, detail)
    Divan of Khvaju Kirmani, illustrations by Junaid (1396, detail)
  • Folio 18.[6]
    Folio 18.[6]
  • Folio 23.[6]
    Folio 23.[6]
  1. ^ ÇAĞMAN, FİLİZ; TANINDI, ZEREN (2011). "SELECTIONS FROM JALAYIRID BOOKS IN THE LIBRARIES OF ISTANBUL" (PDF). Muqarnas. 28: 232. ISSN 0732-2992.
  2. ^ a b c d Sturkenboom, Ilse (2018). "The Paintings of the FreerDivanof Sultan Ahmad b. Shaykh Uvays and a New Taste for Decorative Design". Iran. 56 (2): 198. ISSN 0578-6967.
  3. ^ a b c d Sturkenboom, Ilse (2018). "The Paintings of the FreerDivanof Sultan Ahmad b. Shaykh Uvays and a New Taste for Decorative Design". Iran. 56 (2): 197, note 59. ISSN 0578-6967.
  4. ^ "Viaf 305191221". viaf.org.
  5. ^ "Digitised Manuscripts". www.bl.uk.
  6. ^ a b "The British Library MS Viewer". www.bl.uk.