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"Bahram Gur Exhibiting his Prowess in Wrestling at the Court of Shangul, King of India", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
Folio in Maghribi Script
18th–19th century
"Muhammad and His Followers Going to Battle," Folio from a Hamla-yi Haidari (Attack of the Lion)
Muhammad Rafi Khan
ca. 1820
"Rustam Fighting Ashkabus", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
1560–80
Raga Desakar
India (Rajasthan, Amber)
early 18th century
Leaves from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
Mahavihara Master
early 12th century
"Sudaba's Second Accusation Against Siyavush is Judged", Folio 164v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
"Rustam Blames Kai Kavus for the Death of Siyavush", Folio 202v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
Leaf from a Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)
Bhadrabahu
15th century
"The Crows Trap the Owls in Their Cave by Lighting a Fire at the Entrance and Fanning it with Their Wings" , Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century
"Zal Slays Khazarvan", Folio 104r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
Muhammad al-Zanjani
dated 531 AH/1137 CE
Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"
second half 9th–mid-10th century
"Kai Khusrau Crosses the Sea", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1610
Buddha with His Hands Raised in Dharmacakra Mudra, Leaf from a dispersed Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript
India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
ca. 1090
"The Great Festivity (Maha Utsav): Six Figures Celebrate with Music and Dance," Folio from the "Early Bikaner" Bhagavata Purana (The Ancient Story of God)
India, Rajasthan, probably kingdom of Bikaner
ca. 1610
"Zal Returned to Sam", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
late 19th–early 20th century
"Buzurjmihr Explains the Game of Backgammon (Nard) to the Raja of Hind", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
"The Lion king, With his Mother, Receives Dimna", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century
"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)
India (Gujarat)
15th century
"Kai Khusrau Enthroned Holding a Sword", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)
India (Gujarat)
15th century
"The First Combat of Gav and Talhand", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
"Yusuf Tending the Flocks", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
1523–24
"The Flight of the Tortoise", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century
"A Month of Heat" Folio from dispersed Baramasa (Months of the Year) Series
Ustad Murad
ca.1725
"The Combat of Rustam and Puladvand", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
"Nushirvan Promulgates His Reforms", Folio 602v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35
Radha's Friend Pleads with Her to Receive Krishna: Page from a Dispersed Rasikapriya
India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa)
1634
Krishna and Radha Enthroned
India, Rajsasthan, probably Bundi
17th century
Folio from a Buddhist Manuscript of Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita
India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
ca. 1090
The Death of the Demoness Putana: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series
Western India, Bikaner, Rajasthan
ca. 1610
Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century
"The Ascetic Witnesses the Woman Trying to Poison the Lover", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century
"ThreeTypes of Reeds," Folio from a De Materia Medica
ca. 1595
Mourning the Assumed Death of Rama and Lakshmana: Folio from the dispersed Shangri Ramayana series (Style III)
India, Punjab Hills, kingdom of Jammu (Bahu)
ca.1700–1730
Manuscript of the Interpretation of Dreams
Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)
15th century
Manuscript of the Interpretation of Dreams
Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)
15th century
"Khusrau Spies Shirin Bathing", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami
16th century