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"The Funeral of Isfandiyar," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
1330s
Qur'an Manuscript
dated 1268 AH/1851–52 CE
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri
dated 707 AH/1307–8 CE
Anthology of Persian Poetry in Oblong Format (Safina)
Sultan Muhammad Nur
dated 905 AH/1499–1500 CE
"Portrait of a Persian Lady", Folio from the Davis Album
dated 1149 AH/1736–37 CE
Dish with Split-Leaf Palmette Design
ca. 1625–50
"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Maulana Azhar
ca. 1430
Illuminated Opening Page Titled Laila and Majnun from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Ja'far Baisunghuri
835 AH/1431–32 CE
Illuminated Opening Page Titled Laila and Majnun from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Ja'far Baisunghuri
dated 835 AH/1431–32 CE
"Oxen amongst Foliage", Folio from a Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'
Ibn Bakhtishu'
1297–99
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Habiballah of Sava
ca. 1600
Khusrau and Shirin
Hatifi
dated 904 AH/1498–99 CE
"Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425
"Bahman Taking Revenge on the Sistanians" Folio from the Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425
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
dated 741 AH/1341 CE
"Sakyamuni (Buddha) Announces Another Prophet", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425
Section from a Qur'an Manuscript
`Umar Aqta'
late 14th–early 15th century (before 1405)
"Rustam Pleads for Tus Before Kai Khusrau," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
dated 741 AH/1341 CE
"Yazdegird I Kicked to Death by the Water Horse", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio 23v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525
"Men Treading Grapes", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides
dated 621 AH/1224 CE
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
dated 741 AH/1340–41 CE
Illuminated Frontispiece of a Manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
text: dated 892 AH/1487 CE; illumination: ca. 1600
"Bahram Gur Hunting with Azada", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
dated 753 AH/1352 CE
Anthology of Persian Poetry
15th century
"Journey of the Prophet Muhammad", Folio from the Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425
"Adam Makes a Pilgrimage", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425
"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl
dated 621 AH/1224 CE
"Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425
"Entertainment in a Garden", Folio from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, Matla' al-Anvar
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
second half 16th century
"Throne Scene", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425
"Elias and Khizr at the Fountain of Life', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
late 15th century
Anthology of Persian Poetry
Amir Shahi of Sabzavar
16th century
Bound Manuscript of Hadith with Persian Translations by Jami
Shah Mahmud Nishapuri
Manuscript dated 935 AH/1528 CE; binding ca. 1575–1600
"Enthronement of a Young Prince (Shapur II?)", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
second half 16th century
"Yusef Serves for Zulaikha at a Feast", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
second half 16th century
"Muhammad Ascends to Heaven in a Vision on Buraq", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
second half 16th century
Double Page in Nasta'liq Script from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
second half 16th century
"Yusuf is Drawn Up from the Well", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
second half 16th century
"Zulaikha after her Second Dream of Yusuf", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
second half 16th century