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the Guy u Chawgan (The ball and the polo-mallet) by Arifi (d.1449)
Detached folio frontispiece from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (died 1325)
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; recto: text, Faridun captures Zahhak; verso: Faridun strikes Zahhak with the ox-headed mace
Detached album folio; Horse and groom; reverse: text
Ascension of Solomon
Divan (collected poems) by Khatai (Shah Isma'il) (d. 1524)
Binding of volume Khusraw and Shirin by Nizami (d.1209)
Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) by Jami (d. 1492); Imam Zayn al-Abidin visits the Ke'ba
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); recto: illuminated text: The story of Nushirwan and his vizier; verso: Nushirwan listens to the owls
Plate
Album folio; A winter scene, A Sufi and courtier conversing at a shrine
A hunt
Dish
School scene
Plate
Seated youth holding an album
Plate
Book cover belonging to S1986.44.1, Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) by Jami (died 1492)
Anthology
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