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"Khusrau Seeing Shirin Bathing", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
1447–48
Masnavi of Jalal al-Din Rumi
dated 894 AH/1488–89 CE
Playing Card
second half 19th century
"Buzurjmihr Masters the Game of Chess", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
Playing Card
second half 19th century
Farhad and Shirin
Vahshi Bafqi
first half 17th century
"Kai Khusrau Enthroned Holding a Sword", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
"Fable of the Lion and the Hare", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
dated 733 AH/1333 CE
Woman Applying Henna
late 16th century
"Bahram Gur Pins the Coupling Onagers", Folio 568r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35
Lion (Chi'lin) in a Landscape
late 16th century
Portrait of Ustad Muhammad Ali
17th century
Meeting of a Prince and Poet
mid-16th century
"How Rustam Found a Spring", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi
`Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
18th century
"Zal delivers Sam's letter to Manuchihr", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
"Rustam Wrestles with Puladvand", Folio from a Shahnama
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
15th century
Bearded Man Holding a Cup
early 17th century
"Rustam is Thrown into the Sea by the Div Akvan", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
Page of Calligraphy
18th–19th century
"Adam Makes a Pilgrimage", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425
Page of Calligraphy from the Kulliyat of Sa'di
Abd al-Majid Taleqani
18th century
Page of Calligraphy from the Bellini Album
Sultan Muhammad Nur
ca. 1600
"Zahhak is Told His Fate", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1524
Playing Card
second half 19th century
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
14th century
"Faramarz Slays Varazad", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
Bookbinding
dated 1860
Illustrated Manuscript
dated 815 AH/1412 CE
"Death of Bahram Chubina?", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
"The Khaqan Captive Before Bahram Gur", Folio 578r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35
"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
"Zusuf is Purchased in Egypt by Zulaikha", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
second half 16th century
"A Youth and a Noble Conversing by a Stream", Folio from a Dispersed Manuscript
late 16th century
"Standing Youth in a Cape," Folio from the Bellini Album
late 16th century
"Summer, from a Series of the Four Seasons", Folio from the Davis Album
'Ali Quli Jabbadar
ca. 1660–70
Playing Card
second half 19th century
Page of Calligraphy with Scribbled Bird and Insect?
16th–17th century
Portrait of a Stallion
18th century
"Mihrab Vents His Anger Upon Sindukht", Folio 83v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30