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Left (b): standing Mughal; right (a): seated figure
Lovers
Folio from a Shahnama ? (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); Battle scene
Base of waterpipe
Old man leaning on staff
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); verso: The Angel of Death (Israel) slays Shaddad; recto: text
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
Composite album folio, Dancing sufis; Cluster of primrose, calligraphic panels
Bowl
The Cloth merchant
Rustam and warrior
Old man in landscape
Cup bearer with big turban
Dervish blowing horn
Shah 'Abbas and cup bearer
School scene
Two horsemen hunting with falcons
The Mashhad pilgrim
Shepherd with his flock
Composite of three figure sketches
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); recto: Kay Ka'us chained in a grotto by the white demon; verso: text, Ka'us sends a letter to Rustam the son of Zal and asks for help
Album page: The Garden of Heavenly Creatures
Two Youths Embracing
Border
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
Man holding cup and fruit
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Ascension of Solomon
Man with cat
Scene in the bathhouse
Border
Old man with child
Hunchbacked man carrying pot
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 Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Two birds fighting
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
Folio of calligraphy
Old man riding a zebu
Portrait of a youth
Mihr-u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Assar Tabrizi (d. circa 1390)
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