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Haft Band (Seven strophes) by Mulla Hasan Kashi
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325); recto: blank; verso: right-hand half of a double-page illumination
Folio from an 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa gharaib al-mawjudat (Wonders of creation and oddities of existence) by al-Qazvini (died 1283); recto: Illustration: A haloed figure enthroned; verso: text
Folio from an unidentified text
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Sarlawh; recto: text
Base of waterpipe
Habib al-siyar (Beloved of virtues) by Ghiyath al-Din b. Humam al-Din Muhammad Khwandamir (d. circa. 1534-37), Volume 3
Folio from a Divan (Collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); A scene in a tavern
Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); recto: Zulaykha's maids entertain Yusuf in the garden; verso: text
Folio from an unidentified text; Shapur fetches Shirin and pays homage to Khusraw
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: The Caliph Mansur and Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq; recto: The Story of Imam Ja'far al-Sadeq
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: The prophet watches Ali behead a foe; recto: illuminated text
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); verso: The Angel of Death (Israel) slays Shaddad; recto: text
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Kay Kavus and his flying machine; recto: text: Kay Kavus' flight to the sky
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Rustam and his men attack the fortress of Gang Dizh; recto: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Iskandar in the enchanted garden; verso: text
Seated youth holding an album
A prince and princess embrace
Top: Head of a youth; Bottom: Old man drawn up cloth over his head
Hunt
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; recto: text; verso: text: The twelfth discourse: on the lamentation of fortune
Manuscript border
Plate
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: illustration: Alexander and his army hunting on the plain of China; verso: text
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Plate
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: Sufi dance; verso: text
Young Prince
A comb back
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Composite album folio, Dancing sufis; Cluster of primrose, calligraphic panels
Left (b): standing Mughal; right (a): seated figure
Seated man holding a book
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Alexander is recognized by Queen Nushaba; recto: text
Colophon folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
The Mashhad pilgrim
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (died 1492)
Plate
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Colophon of the Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Pious) in a Haft Awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
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