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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
Haft Aurang (Seven Thrones) of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
ca. 1570–80
"Rustam Fighting Ashkabus", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
1560–80
Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
1602 (text); 19th century (paintings, illumination, binding)
"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
"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
"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
"Kai Khusrau Enthroned Holding a Sword", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
Prayer Book
'Abd al-Qadir Hisari
dated 1180 AH/1766 CE
"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
Krishna and Radha Enthroned
India, Rajsasthan, probably Bundi
17th century
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
"Khusrau Spies Shirin Bathing", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami
16th century
"Laila and Majnun in School", Folio 129 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami
931 AH/1524–25 CE
"Krishna Battles Indra in Transporting the Parijata Tree from Indra’s Heaven," Illustrated folio from the “Upright" Bhagavata Purana (The Ancient Story of God)
ca. 1720
"Muslim Pilgrim to Mecca Meets a Brahman on the Road", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Ala al-Din Muhammad
1520–25
"Rustam Captures Rakhsh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
mid-15th century
"Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
dated 741 AH/1341 CE
"Sultan Listening to a Man Reading from a Manuscript", Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i
Mir Ali Shir Nava'i
early 16th century
"Rustam Slays the White Div", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
1560–80
Hours of Francis I
Master of François de Rohan
1539–40