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Folio from an unidentified text; Shapur fetches Shirin and pays homage to Khusraw
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Suhayli (d. 1501-2)
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: illuminated text; recto: the combat between Muslims and infidels and the martyrdom of Marv-ibn- al-Humam
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (died 1498); recto: colophon; verso: illuminated heading, border, and text
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); recto: blank; verso: Angels bow before Adam and Eve in Paradise
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Nushirvan interviews the intruder to his harem; recto: text
Composite page of calligraphy
Folio from a Garshaspnama (Book of Garshasp) by Asadi Tusi (d. 1072); recto: Garshasp slays a dragon; verso: text
A prince and princess embrace
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (died 1498); recto: illuminated border and text; verso: text
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)
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Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of Felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: illumination and text; verso: text
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens), recto: Prophet Muhammad's night journey (Mi'raj); verso: text
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens), recto: Joseph enthroned; verso: text
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: illumination and text; recto: seals
Habib al-siyar (Beloved of virtues) by Ghiyath al-Din b. Humam al-Din Muhammad Khwandamir (d. circa. 1534-37), Volume 3
Bahram Gur wins the crown, from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi
Divan (collected poems) by Khatai (Shah Isma'il) (d. 1524)
Composite page of calligraphy; recto, calligraphic panel, two couplets from the Divan of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi with side calligraphic panels; verso, verses from the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325)
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); verso: The Angel of Death (Israel) slays Shaddad; recto: text
Detached folio from a Bustan (Orchard) by Sa'di (d.1291); Execution of the Barsisa
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: illuminated page of text, Baysunghuri preface; verso: twenty-five lines of prose from the Baysunghuri preface
Mihr-u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Assar Tabrizi (d. circa 1390)
Detached album folio; verso: Girl with a jar on her shoulder; recto: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; recto: text; verso: text
Folio from an unidentified text
Book cover, original cover of the manuscript accessioned as: S1986.55.1, Yusuf-u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Shirin before Shiruya; verso: text
Folio from a Tuhfat al-Ahrar (Gift of the free) by Jami (d. 1492); Sarlawh and text
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); illuminated text; reverse: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: text; verso: text
Manuscript border
Folio from a Haft paykar (Seven beauties) by Nizami (died 1209); Bahram Gur and the princess in the Black Pavilion
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: text, Muhammad performed Hajj ceremonies and warned his disciples of his death; verso: illustration and text, Muhammad performed the rites of pilgrimage with his son in law
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text; verso: The envoys of Salm and Tur before Faridun
Composite page of calligraphy
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: Sarlawh and text; recto: blank
Folio from a Tuhfat al-Ahrar by Jami (d. 1492); recto: text with illuminated border; verso: text
Cover of the manuscript accessioned as S1986.58.1, Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020)
Composite page of calligraphy
Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020)
Egyptian Women Cut Their Hands at the Sight of Yusuf's Beauty, from a Yusuf and Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Qur'an, sura 114:1-6, left-hand half of a double-page finispiece
Page of calligraphy
Kulliyat (Complete works) by Sa'di (d.1291)
Page of calligraphy
Composite page of calligraphy
Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209)
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