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Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Alexander approaches Plato; recto: text
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of purity) by Mirkhwand (died 1498); recto: illuminated titlepiece, border and text; verso: text
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: Solomon enthroned, left-hand half of a double-page
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); recto: Bilqis enthroned, left-hand half of a double-page frontispiece; verso: text
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Bahram Gur before Shangul; recto: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: text; verso: illustration: Caliph al-Ma'mun and the barber
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Bahram Gur and the Indian princess in the black pavilion; recto: text
Kulliyat (Complete works) by Sa'di (d.1291)
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (died 1498); recto: illuminated border and text; verso: text
Detached folio from a Bustan (Orchard) by Sa'di (d.1291); Execution of the Barsisa
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; recto: Shirin seated with Farhad by the milk conduit; verso: text
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Ruhham carries away the severed arm of the Turanian sorcerer; verso: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration; Layla and her attendants are in the grove of palms; recto: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: The Prophet's night journey (Mi’raj); recto: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Khusraw and Shirin are feasting at night in a desert encampment; recto: text
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: Suleyman enthroned; verso: text, Suleyman provides a one day meal for humans, jinns, animals, wild beasts, birds, reptiles, and insects
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: illustration: The last meeting of Layla and Majnun; verso: text
Folio from a Qur'an, sura 114:1-6, left-hand half of a double-page finispiece
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text; verso: The envoys of Salm and Tur before Faridun
Folio from an unidentified text; verso: A party in a garden, right-hand half of a double-page
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Bilqis enthroned, left-hand half of a double-page; verso: Sarlawh and text unrelated to Khamsa (from the Shahnama of Firdawsi)
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Kay Khusraw, Farangis and Giv cross the Jayhun; verso: Giv's letter to his father
Folio from a Garshaspnama (Book of Garshasp) by Asadi Tusi (d. 1072); verso: Battle between a demon and two men; recto: text
Mihr u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by Assar (died ca.1377-1390)
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (died 1498); recto: colophon; verso: illuminated heading, border, and text
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: A hunt
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: Hamza and Ali in battle; verso: Bravery and courage of Ali and Hamza
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: Bahram Gur Hunts with Azada; verso: Kitab-i Marasi (plaintive poems)
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: illumination; verso: illuminated text
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: colophon; verso: illuminated titlepiece, border and text
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: illustration and text, Muhammad converses with Nestor; recto: text, On the events of the twenty-fifth years of Muhammad's birth, his trip to Damascus and his marriage to Khadijeh Kobra
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Shirin on horseback carried on the shoulders of Farhad; recto: text
Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209)
Egyptian Women Cut Their Hands at the Sight of Yusuf's Beauty, from a Yusuf and Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Iskandar visits a hermit
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); recto: obliterated inscription; verso: Solomon enthroned, right-hand half of a double-page frontispiece
Folio from an unidentified text; verso: Two men carrying pitchers approach a building
Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209)
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Daughters of Barzin Dance for Bahram Gur; recto: text: Bahram Gur and Barzin Shah
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: Ali and Aisha at the Battle of the Camel; recto: text
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Iskandar and Khidr on horseback; verso: text, Iskandar seeks the fountain of life
Folio from a Garshaspnama (Book of Garshasp) by Asadi Tusi (d. 1072); recto: Garshasp slays a dragon; verso: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Bahram Gur visits the princess in the red pavilion on Tuesday; recto: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Bahram Gur visits the princess in the sandal pavilion; recto: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: illustration: Bahram Gur visits the princess in the white pavilion; verso: text
Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209)
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: text; verso: illustration and text: The story of Faridun and the deer
Kulliyat (Complete works) by Sa'di (d.1291)
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: illustration: Khizr and Ilyas (Elias) at the fountain of life; verso: text
Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209)
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