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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 yellow pavilion on Sunday; 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 (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:"S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736"
Date:"1580s"
Collection:"Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection"
Topic:"Art"
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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Muslims
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1500s
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1510s
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1520s
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1540s
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Iran
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Shiraz
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Fars
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Astarabad
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India
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topic
Arts of the Islamic World
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Percussion instrument
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