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Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami ( d. 1209)
Seated man holding a book
Young woman with a spray of lilies
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) by Jami (d. 1492): The Townsman Robs the Villager's Orchard
Colophon of the Tuftat al-ahrar (Gift of the Noble) from a 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)
Old man in landscape
Folio from a Khusraw u Shirin by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Sacred conversation; verso: text: On the composing of this book
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 Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Composite of three figure sketches
A Dervish dance
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Bahram Gur visits the princess of the green pavilion on Monday; recto: text
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 Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from an unidentified text; Shapur fetches Shirin and pays homage to Khusraw
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 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 Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Scene in the bathhouse
Architectural fragment
Architectural fragment
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 Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: text; verso: illustration and text: The story of Faridun and the deer
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration; Layla and her attendants are in the grove of palms; recto: text
Architectural fragment
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
Book cover
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 Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); verso: illustration: The youthful Qays (Majnun) and Layla at school; recto: text
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 Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from an album: Left (a): resting man; right (b): seated figure with writing utensils
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 Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
The Mashhad pilgrim
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