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140010760

"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet)

Painting by Mustafa ibn Vali

Date: ca. 1595
Accession Number: 1994.141

140009486

"The Feast of Sada", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 1970.301.2

140004117

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz

Painting attributed to Bihzad (ca. 1450–1535/36)

Date: ca. 1480
Accession Number: 17.81.4

140010780
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: dated A.H. 531/ A.D. 1137
Accession Number: 1996.238.2

140003505
Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi

Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi

`Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903–86)

Date: late 15th century
Accession Number: 13.160.10

140008644

"Men Treading Grapes", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Date: dated A.H. 621/ A.D. 1224
Accession Number: 56.20

140009535

"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: ca. 1530
Accession Number: 1970.301.51

140008718

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif

Date: dated A.H. 715/A.D. 1315
Accession Number: 57.51.23

140009487

"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 1970.301.3

140003775

"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253–1325)

Date: 1597–98
Accession Number: 13.228.28

140009057

"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds)

Painting by Habiballah of Sava (active ca. 1590–1610)

Date: ca. 1600
Accession Number: 63.210.11

140005539
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: ca. 1180
Accession Number: 29.160.24

140008510
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri (d. 1320–21)

Date: dated A.H. 707/ A.D. 1307–8
Accession Number: 55.44

140014390
Bifolium from the

Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina)

Date: ca. A.H. 410/ A.D. 1019–20
Accession Number: 2007.191

140006206

"The Funeral of Isfandiyar", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: 1330s
Accession Number: 33.70

140012526
Folio from the

Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"

Date: second half 9th–mid-10th century
Accession Number: 2004.88

140003773

"A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253–1325)

Date: 1597–98
Accession Number: 13.228.26

140003776

"A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253–1325)

Date: 1597–98
Accession Number: 13.228.29

140009411

"Khusrau Hunting", Folio from Khusrau and Shirin

Hatifi

Date: dated A.H. 904/A.D. 1498–99
Accession Number: 69.27

140005627
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: late 9th–early 10th century
Accession Number: 30.45

140008716

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", Folio from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides

'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl

Date: dated A.H. 621/ A.D. 1224
Accession Number: 57.51.21

140004306
Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi

Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi

Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (active 1340s)

Date: A.H. 741/A.D. 1340–41
Accession Number: 19.68.1

140005538
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: ca. 1180
Accession Number: 29.160.23

140012525
Folio from the

Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"

Date: late 8th–early 9th century
Accession Number: 2004.87

140005439

"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Date: ca. 1590–95
Accession Number: 28.63.1

140003810

"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami

Nizami (Ilyas Abu Muhammad Nizam al-Din of Ganja) (probably 1141–1217)

Date: A.H. 931/A.D. 1524–25
Accession Number: 13.228.7.5

140010429
Qur'an Manuscript

Qur'an Manuscript

Date: dated A.H. 1268/A.D. 1851–52
Accession Number: 1980.603

140013286

"The Eavesdropper", Folio from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami

Maulana Azhar (d. 1475/76)

Date: ca. 1430
Accession Number: 13.228.13.6

140007780
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: late 13th–early 14th century
Accession Number: 42.63

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