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Album page: The Garden of Heavenly Creatures
Youth Reading
Lovers
Man with cat
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; recto: text, Faridun captures Zahhak; verso: Faridun strikes Zahhak with the ox-headed mace
Lamentation over the dead body of Christ
Page of calligraphy
Dish
Shepherd in a landscape with goats
Shepherd with his flock
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of purity) by Mirkhwand (died 1498); recto: illuminated titlepiece, border and text; verso: text
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); verso: Expulsion of Adam and Eve; recto: text
Plate
Portrait of Majlisi
Detached album folio: verso: seated Indian youth; recto: text
Folio of calligraphy
Portrait of an Indian Man
Cup
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Shirin before Shiruya; verso: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: text; verso: text
Kulliyat (Complete works) by Sa'di (d.1291)
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (died 1498); recto: illuminated border and text; verso: text
Detached folio from a Bustan (Orchard) by Sa'di (d.1291); Execution of the Barsisa
Folio from a Haft paykar (Seven beauties) by Nizami (died 1209); Bahram Gur and the princess in the Black Pavilion
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; recto: Shirin seated with Farhad by the milk conduit; verso: text
Old man and three youths
Man holding cup and fruit
Detached album folio; Horse and groom; reverse: text
Folio from an unidentified text; Sulayman and Bilqis Enthroned
A standing Woman
Plate
Folio from an album: Left (a): resting man; right (b): seated figure with writing utensils
Old man and young boy
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (died 1492)
Reclining Nude
Folio from a Qur'an, sura 114:1-6, left-hand half of a double-page finispiece
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text; verso: The envoys of Salm and Tur before Faridun
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)
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens), recto: Prophet Muhammad's night journey (Mi'raj); verso: text
Folio from a Garshaspnama (Book of Garshasp) by Asadi Tusi (d. 1072); verso: Battle between a demon and two men; recto: text
Divan (collected poems) by Khatai (Shah Isma'il) (d. 1524)
Mihr u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by Assar (died ca.1377-1390)
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325)
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (died 1498); recto: colophon; verso: illuminated heading, border, and text
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: A hunt
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); recto: blank; verso: Angels bow before Adam and Eve in Paradise
Plate
Folio from an unidentified text; Bahram Gur presides over the execution of the tyrannical vizier
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: illumination; verso: illuminated text
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: colophon; verso: illuminated titlepiece, border and text
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