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Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Khusraw and Shirin are feasting at night in a desert encampment; recto: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: illustration: Bahram Gur in the turquoise-blue pavilion on Wednesday; verso: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Bahram Gur visits the princess in the red pavilion on Tuesday; recto: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Bahram Gur visits the princess in the sandal pavilion; recto: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; recto: Bahram Gur and the Princess in the Yellow Pavilion; verso: text, Princess telling the story
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Daughters of Barzin Dance for Bahram Gur; recto: text: Bahram Gur and Barzin Shah
Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); verso: Potiphar and Zulaykha enthroned; recto: text
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Date:"1540s"
Date:"1510s"
Topic:"Percussion instrument"
Topic:"Arts of the Islamic World"
Collection:"Google Cultural Institute"
Date:"1560s"
Date:"1520s"
Metadata usage:"Usage conditions apply"
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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collection
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
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culture
Iranians
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Muslims
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Dervishes
2
Afrasiyabs
1
date
1500s
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1530s
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place
Iran
21
Shiraz
12
Fars
6
India
2
Isfahan
2
topic
Art
23
S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736
23
WWII-era provenance
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media_usage
Usage conditions apply
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