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Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); recto: blank; verso: Angels bow before Adam and Eve in Paradise
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
Habib al-siyar (Beloved of virtues) by Ghiyath al-Din b. Humam al-Din Muhammad Khwandamir (d. circa. 1534-37), Volume 3
Folio from an unidentified text; Shapur fetches Shirin and pays homage to Khusraw
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
Folio from an unidentified text; Bahram Gur presides over the execution of the tyrannical vizier
Book cover, original cover of the manuscript accessioned as: S1986.55.1, Yusuf-u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); verso: Expulsion of Adam and Eve; recto: 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 Falnama (Book of omens); verso: The Angel of Death (Israel) slays Shaddad; 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
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