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  • Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Bahram Gur and the princess in the red pavilion; verso: 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:"1590s"
  • Collection:"Google Cultural Institute"
  • Date:"1560s"
  • Topic:"Musical instruments"
  • Topic:"Henri Vever collection"
  • Date:"1530s"
  • Data source:"Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery"
  • Metadata usage:"Usage conditions apply"
  • Collection:"Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection"
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    • Iranians 4
    • Muslims 4
  • date
    • 1500s 4
    • 1510s 4
    • 1520s 4
    • 1540s 4
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    • Iran 4
    • Shiraz 2
    • Astarabad 1
    • Khurasan 1
  • topic
    • Art 4
    • Arts of the Islamic World 4
    • S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736 4
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