Junayd (illustrator)

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]

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]

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]

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  Divan of Khvaju Kirmani, illustrations by Junaid (1396, detail)
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  Folio 18.^[6]
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  Folio 23.^[6]