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Seated man holding a book
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: text: Poem of the contentment of heart and soul; verso: illustration and text, Prince entertained on a terrace
Young woman with a spray of lilies
Folio from the Yusuf u Zulaykha in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) by Jami (d. 1492): The Townsman Robs the Villager's Orchard
Colophon of the Tuftat al-ahrar (Gift of the Noble) from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Khusraw u Shirin by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Sacred conversation; verso: text: On the composing of this book
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492); recto: The dervish picks up his beloved's hair from the hammam floor; verso: text
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
A Dervish dance
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Bahram Gur visits the princess of the green pavilion on Monday; recto: text
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Mathnavi heading folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold), thirddaftar (book) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from the Yusuf u Zulaykha in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Architectural fragment
Architectural fragment
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: text; verso: illustration and text: The story of Faridun and the deer
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration; Layla and her attendants are in the grove of palms; recto: text
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); verso: frontispiece; recto: inscription and seals
Architectural fragment
Book cover
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); verso: illustration: The youthful Qays (Majnun) and Layla at school; recto: text
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Architectural fragment
Folio in a Qur'an, sura 114:4-6
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