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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); recto: Kay Ka'us chained in a grotto by the white demon; verso: text, Ka'us sends a letter to Rustam the son of Zal and asks for help
Album folio; A winter scene, A Sufi and courtier conversing at a shrine
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens), recto: Joseph enthroned; verso: text
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); recto: blank; verso: Angels bow before Adam and Eve in Paradise
Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from Yusuf u-Zulaikha by Jami (d.1492); recto: Hares, deer and birds in landscape; verso: Floral scrolls
Youth seated in the fork of a blossoming tree
Folio from Yusuf u-Zulaikha by Jami (d.1492); recto: Floral designs; verso: Animals and birds in landscape
Folio from Yusuf u-Zulaikha by Jami (d.1492); recto: a lion, a simurgh and birds in landscape; verso: grape vine and bird motifs
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 a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325); recto: left-hand half of a double-page Illumination; verso: text: Initial prayers on prime being of the divine presence
Folio from a Mihr-u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by 'Assar (d. circa 1377-90); Mihr and Mushtari have blood taken from their arms
Folio from a Habib al-siyar (The beloved of virtues) by Khvandamir (d. 1534-37); recto: Nushirwan enthroned; verso: illumination
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325); recto: blank; verso: right-hand half of a double-page illumination
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Rustam kicks back the rock rolled on him by Bahman; verso: text
Folio from an unidentified text; Shapur fetches Shirin and pays homage to Khusraw
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens), recto: Prophet Muhammad's night journey (Mi'raj); verso: text
Youth and parrot
Folio from an unidentified text; Bahram Gur presides over the execution of the tyrannical vizier
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (died 1492)
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: The Murder of Siyavush before Afrasiyab; recto: text, Siyavush is killed by Gorvizereh
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: Ardashir slays Haftwad; verso: The story of slaying of Haftwad's worm
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); verso: Expulsion of Adam and Eve; recto: text
Folio from a Haft paykar (Seven beauties) by Nizami (died 1209); Bahram Gur and the princess in the Black Pavilion
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); Battle between Bahram Chubina and Sava
Youth holding a falcon
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d.1492); recto: Leaf and flower scrolls; verso: Birds, hares and landscape motifs
Habib al-siyar (Beloved of virtues) by Ghiyath al-Din b. Humam al-Din Muhammad Khwandamir (d. circa. 1534-37), Volume 3
Illustration of an Imperial Hunt
Habib al-siyar (Beloved of virtues) by Muhammad Khwandamir (died ca. 1533-37)
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Garsivaz being flogged while Afrasiyab is dragged from the lake; verso: Afrasiyab's night raid to Kay Khusraw's camp
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); verso: The Angel of Death (Israel) slays Shaddad; recto: text
Folio from an Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa gharaib al-mawjudat (Wonders of creation and oddities of existence) by al-Qazvini (died 1283); recto: A man by the edge of a stream; verso: text
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Gudarz slays Piran on the mountain; recto: text
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (died 1492)
Binding of a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325)
Standing Figure
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from Yusuf-u Zulaykha by Jami (d.1492)
Composite album folio, Dancing sufis; Cluster of primrose, calligraphic panels
Folio from Yusuf u-Zulaikha by Jami (d.1492) recto: The simurgh, dragon, animals and birds in landscape; verso: Floral scrolls
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (died 1492)

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