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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 Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Ardashir slays Haftwad; verso: The story of slaying of Haftwad's worm
Youth holding a falcon
Binding of a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325)
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
Youth seated in the fork of a blossoming tree
Folio from a Habib al-siyar (The beloved of virtues) by Khvandamir (d. 1534-37); recto: Nushirwan enthroned; verso: 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 a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Gudarz slays Piran on the mountain; recto: text
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 a Mihr-u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by 'Assar (d. circa 1377-90); Mihr and Mushtari have blood taken from their arms
Habib al-siyar (Beloved of virtues) by Muhammad Khwandamir (died ca. 1533-37)
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