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Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); verso: The Angel of Death (Israel) slays Shaddad; recto: text
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Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: The Battle against the Byzantines for Aleppo; verso: text: Muslim army in Damascus, Ilea, and Jordan
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: The prophet watches Ali behead a foe; recto: illuminated text
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of Felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: illumination and text; verso: text
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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 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)
Divan (collected poems) by Khatai (Shah Isma'il) (d. 1524)
Composite page of calligraphy
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: colophon; verso: illuminated titlepiece, border and text
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: The court of Gayumarth; verso: text: Siyamak slain by the black demon
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: illumination; verso: illuminated text
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: illustration and text, Muhammad converses with Nestor; recto: text, On the events of the twenty-fifth years of Muhammad's birth, his trip to Damascus and his marriage to Khadijeh Kobra
Mihr-u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Assar Tabrizi (d. circa 1390)
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 Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Bahram Gur hunts with Azada; verso: text, Bahram Gur's letter to Manzar-i Arab, Response of Manzar-i Arab to Bahram Gur's letter
Woman with a spray of flowers
Page of calligraphy
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text; verso: The envoys of Salm and Tur before Faridun
A standing Woman
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: colophon, verso: A picnic in a garden
Folio from an unidentified text
Folio from a Yusuf-u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); Sarlawh and text
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: The beginning of the Shahnama of Hakim Firdawsi; verso: last section of Baysunghuri preface
Book cover, original cover of the manuscript accessioned as: S1986.55.1, Yusuf-u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Qur'an, sura 114:1-6, left-hand half of a double-page finispiece
A couple converse by a stream
Composite page of calligraphy
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Sarlawh; recto: text
Kulliyat (Complete works) by Sa'di (d.1291)
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: The Combat between Kay Khosrow and Afrasiyab and Afrasiyab’s retreat; verso: text from the story of Kay Khusraw
Mathnavi-ye ma'navi (Rhyming couplets of profound spriritual meaning) by Rumi (d.1273)
Composite page of calligraphy
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Awhadi (d. 1338); verso: An encampment; recto: blank page with inscription
Composite page of calligraphy
Page of calligraphy
Page of calligraphy
Detached folio from a Bustan (Orchard) by Sa'di (d.1291); Execution of the Barsisa
Folio from a Garshaspnama (Book of Garshasp) by Asadi Tusi (d. 1072); recto: Garshasp slays a dragon; verso: text
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (died 1498); recto: illuminated border and text; verso: text
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens), recto: Joseph enthroned; verso: text
Bahram Gur wins the crown, from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: text and illustration: A prince and princess in a pavilion; verso: text
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 Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: Moses performing the miracle of the luminous hand before Pharaoh; recto: text
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
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; recto: text; verso: text: The twelfth discourse: on the lamentation of fortune
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens), recto: Prophet Muhammad's night journey (Mi'raj); verso: text
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