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"The Combat of Rustam and Ashkabus", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
Fragment of a Veil
17th century
"Bahram Gur Slays the Dragon", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
second half 17th century
"Iskandar in the Presence of the Brahmins", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
"Rustam's First Encounter with Afrasiyab", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
dated 1077 AH/1666–67 CE
Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
dated 892 AH/1486 CE
"Isfandiyar Slays Arjasp", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
Folio from a Bestiary and Herbal
ca. 1600
Garden Gathering
1640–50
Youth and Dervish
second quarter 17th century
"Bahram Chubina Meets a Lady who Foretells his Fate", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
Folio from a Bestiary and Herbal
ca. 1600
"The Funeral of Iskandar", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
"Rustam Captures the Shah of Sham and the Shah of Berber", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
Page of Calligraphy from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
"The Execution of Mazdak", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
"Rustam Fights the Dragon (Rustam's Third Course)", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
Seated man in European Clothes Holding a Bottle
Sarkis Katchadourian
20th century
'Polonaise' Carpet
17th century
"The Combat of Qaran and Afrasiyab", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
Tile
second half 13th century
Vase Carpet
late 16th–early 17th century
Binding and Text-Block for the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
"Isfandiyar's Fifth Course: He Slays the Simurgh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
"Rustam's Seventh Course: He Kills the White Div", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
dated 1077 AH/1666–67 CE
Polonaise Carpet
17th century
A Seated Dervish in a Landscape
ca. 1600
Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Mu'in Musavvir
1660s
Textile Fragment
19th century
Tombak
Iranian (Persian)
19th century
"Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
"Isfandiyar's Fourth Course: He Slays a Sorceress", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
Brocade
ca. 1600
Man with Prayer Beads
Muhammad `Ali
mid-17th century
"Rustam Slays Esfandiyar", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
1666–67
"Portrait of a Persian Lady", Folio from the Davis Album
dated 1149 AH/1736–37 CE
Bottle
mid-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
"Iskandar Slays the Habash Monster", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40