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Anxious courtiers watching Akbar fight Man Singh at a drinking party, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Author: Agra

Date: 1603-1605

Publication Date: 1603-1605

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Corner details of monkey, birds and rabbits, folio from the Five Treasures (Panj Ganj) by Jāmī

Author: Mashhad

Date: Calligraphy 1520 (926H), painting and borders 1606-1607 (1015H)

Publication Date: Calligraphy 1520 (926H), painting and borders 1606-1607 (1015H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Horseman performing a sword exercise, from Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihayat al-su'l wa al-umniya fi ta‘allum ‘amal al-furusiyya) by al-Aqsara'i

Date: 1366 (767H)

Publication Date: 1366 (767H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Akbar presiding over religious discussions in the Ibadat-khana, from The History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu'l-Fazl

Author: Agra

Date: 1603-1605

Publication Date: 1603-1605

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Akbar Reeds The Energed Al-Afna Lakhna, From The Hester Af Akbar (Kabernama), By Abu’fazal

Author: Agra

Date: 1603-1605

Publication Date: 1603-1605

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Mexican temple, and cactus (nopal), from Ahizade `Ali Celebi

Date: 1600-1700

Publication Date: 1600-1700

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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al-Mudawwana, by Saḥnūn (d. 854)

Author: Calatrava the Old

Date: 1116 (510H)

Publication Date: 1116 (510H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Faridun leads the captured tyrant Zahhak to Mount Damavand, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: 1330-1335 (painting), 1880-1900 (text folio)

Publication Date: 1330-1335 (painting), 1880-1900 (text folio)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Guimaras and to attend, from the cream of history (date butter) by Sayed Luqman Ashouri

Date: 1585-1590

Publication Date: 1585-1590

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Language: Turkish

Type: Document

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Rustam shoots Isfandiyar with a forked arrow, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: c. 1300

Publication Date: c. 1300

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Ottoman album (muraqqa'), with calligraphy, views of holy sites, and a world map

Author: Istanbul

Date: 1730-1754

Publication Date: 1730-1754

Subject:

Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Prince with his falconers, from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-abrār) by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Date: c. 1560-1570

Publication Date: c. 1560-1570

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Acbras armes at shutter hyper, from th hister af akbar (cbernama), b abu’fazl

Author: Agra

Date: 1603-1605

Publication Date: 1603-1605

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Papyrus bifolio from a Ḥadīth manuscript dated 267H (880-881)

Date: 880-881 (267H)

Publication Date: 880-881 (267H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Akbar leads his army against the village brigands, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Author: Agra

Date: 1603-1605

Publication Date: 1603-1605

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Qur'ān copied by Ḥasan Çelebi, for Sokollu Meḥmed Pāshā

Author: Istanbul

Date: 1570 (977H)

Publication Date: 1570 (977H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Anthology (Sofa), by Faryabi (d. 1201)

Date: 1614 (1023H)

Publication Date: 1614 (1023H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Two rulers feasting at an encampment

Date: 1616

Publication Date: 1616

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Frontispiece from Prince Baysunghur's Anthology of Wise Sayings

Date: c. 1430

Publication Date: c. 1430

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Yogi seated in a position (nashbad), from the Ocean of Immortality (Bahr al-Hayat)

Date: 1600-1604

Publication Date: 1600-1604

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Papyrus letters: goods delivery and the wheat crop

Date: 800-900 (undated)

Publication Date: 800-900 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Juz' 12 of the Sinjar Qur'an

Date: 1211 (607H)

Publication Date: 1211 (607H)

Subject:

Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Calligraphy in Arabic, Persian and Dakhni, folio from an album for Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah

Author: Hyderabad

Date: c. 1600

Publication Date: c. 1600

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Language: ara,dcc,fas

Type: Document

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The Fairy Queen Turktāz welcomes Turktāzī to her magical court, from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī

Author: Iran

Date: 1510 (915H)

Publication Date: 1510 (915H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Iskandar in the Land of Darkness, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausi

Date: 1655 (1066H)

Publication Date: 1655 (1066H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Translation of the History of the New World, by Ahizade `Ali Celebi

Date: 1600-1700

Publication Date: 1600-1700

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Rama Chand of Pannah takes refuge in a fort, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Author: Agra

Date: 1603-1605

Publication Date: 1603-1605

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from The Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Firdausi of Bursa

Date: 1480-1510

Publication Date: 1480-1510

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Language: ara,fas

Type: Document

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Hushang kills the Black Div (recto) and Hushang discovers fire while killing a dragon with a stone (verso), from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: c. 1300

Publication Date: c. 1300

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Rustam unhorses Changush, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: c. 1300

Publication Date: c. 1300

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Introductory Medallion (issue), from Bal'ami's History (Tarikh-i Bal'ami)

Date: 1470 (874H)

Publication Date: 1470 (874H)

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

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Woman kneeling alone

Date: 1625-1650

Publication Date: 1625-1650

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Calligraphy in Dakhni, folio from an album for Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah

Author: Golconda

Date: 1590-1605

Publication Date: 1590-1605

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Language: Deccan

Type: Document

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Akbar's general informs him of the conquest of Bengal in 1576, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Author: Agra

Date: 1603-1605

Publication Date: 1603-1605

Subject:

Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Folios from an `Abbasid Qur'an

Date: 800-900

Publication Date: 800-900

Subject:

Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Guide to Happiness (Dalā'il al-khayrāt) by Abū `Abdullāh Muḥammad al-Jazūlī (d. 1465),

Date: 1699 (1110H)

Publication Date: 1699 (1110H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Mālik-e Azhdar rides out with his soldiers, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Date: 1476-1477 (881H)

Publication Date: 1476-1477 (881H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Shīrīn visits the sculptor Farhād as he works, from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī (d. 1209)

Date: 1481-1482 (886H)

Publication Date: 1481-1482 (886H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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al-Futūḥ, volume 1, by Ibn A`tham al-Kūfī (d. c. 926)

Date: 1780 (1194H)

Publication Date: 1780 (1194H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Tūr and Salm murder their brother Īraj, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Date: c. 1570-1585

Publication Date: c. 1570-1585

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Rustam's horse Rakhsh fights a lion while Rustam sleeps, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: 1590-1600

Publication Date: 1590-1600

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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al-Wujūh wa al-naẓā’ir fī al-Qur’ān, by Harūn ibn Mūsā (d. 786)

Date: 1138 (533H)

Publication Date: 1138 (533H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Ṭahmūras defeats the demon army, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Date: 1570-1585

Publication Date: 1570-1585

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Iḥyā’ `ulum al-dīn, volume 1, by Abū Hamid al-Ghazālī (d. 1111)

Date: c. 1100-1175

Publication Date: c. 1100-1175

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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The lion ignores the lynx's warning of divine retribution, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Date: c. 1595

Publication Date: c. 1595

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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The battle between Khusrau and Afrāsiyāb, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Date: c. 1570-1585

Publication Date: c. 1570-1585

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Fragments of documentary texts (6)

Date: 3rd-2nd century BC

Publication Date: 3rd-2nd century BC

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Language: Egyptian (Ancient)

Type: Document

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Mehmet Giray of the Crimean khanate crosses a river, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Author: Istanbul

Date: 1579 (987H)

Publication Date: 1579 (987H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Legal document relating to land (Gebelein)

Date: 96-95 BC

Publication Date: 96-95 BC

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Language: Egyptian (Ancient)

Type: Document

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Genealogical tables (silsilanāma) and Cream of Histories (Zübdet-üt Tevarih), from Ottoman Baghdad

Author: Baghdad

Date: 1598 (1006H)

Publication Date: 1598 (1006H)

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Language: ara,tur

Type: Document

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Akbar rewarding his general for his defeat of Bairam Khan in 1560, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Author: Agra

Date: 1603-1605

Publication Date: 1603-1605

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Isfandiyar lassoes Gurgsar and takes him prisoner, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: c. 1300

Publication Date: c. 1300

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Maryam (Mary) at the palm tree with baby `Isa (Jesus), from Stories of the Prophets (Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā), by Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Nishapuri.

Date: c. 1570

Publication Date: c. 1570

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Language: ara,fas

Type: Document

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Salm and Tūr send an envoy to the court of their father Farīdūn, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635), from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Date: 1590-1600

Publication Date: 1590-1600

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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The amorous painter burns his cloak, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Date: c. 1595

Publication Date: c. 1595

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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The Cure (al-Shifā'), by Ibn Sīnā (d. 1037)

Date: 1480 (885H)

Publication Date: 1480 (885H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Classes of the Poets (Ṭabaqāt al-shu`arā’), by Ibn Sallām al-Jumaḥī (d. 845)

Date: 900-1000 (undated)

Publication Date: 900-1000 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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The Ottoman Sultan Murad III with Three of His Ministers, from The Cream of Histories (Zubdat al-tawarikh) by Sayyid Luqman-i 'Ashuri

Date: 1585-1590

Publication Date: 1585-1590

Subject:

Language: Turkish

Type: Document

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Juz’ 4 of the Qur’an

Date: 1300-1400

Publication Date: 1300-1400

Subject:

Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Study of a Dragon (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Author: Turkey

Date: Calligraphy and drawing 1550-1600, album produced c. 1620

Publication Date: Calligraphy and drawing 1550-1600, album produced c. 1620

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Gushtasp kills the dragon of Mount Saqila, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: c. 1300

Publication Date: c. 1300

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Papyrus letters: agricultural discussions

Date: 800-900 (undated)

Publication Date: 800-900 (undated)

Subject:

Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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The Sources of Truths and the Explication of Paths (`Uyūn al-ḥaqā’iq wa īḍāḥ al-ṭarā’iq), by Abū al-Qāsim al-`Irāqī (d. c. 1280)

Date: 1600-1700

Publication Date: 1600-1700

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Sa`d fights the demon army, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Date: 1476-1477 (881H)

Publication Date: 1476-1477 (881H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Bahram Gur kills a horned wolf (karg) in India (recto) and Bahram Gur kills a dragon in India (verso), from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: c. 1300

Publication Date: c. 1300

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Retinue of John Sigismund Zapolya before Süleyman, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Author: Istanbul

Date: 1579 (987H)

Publication Date: 1579 (987H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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The prince and the slavegirl, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di

Author: Herat

Date: 1427 (830H)

Publication Date: 1427 (830H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Giv finds Kay Khusraw in Turan, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: c. 1300

Publication Date: c. 1300

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Seated dervish holding a flower, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)

Date: 1590-1600

Publication Date: 1590-1600

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Young man and woman (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Author: Iran

Date: c. 1620

Publication Date: c. 1620

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Rustam kills Ashkabus, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: c. 1300

Publication Date: c. 1300

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Sublime Methods in Spiritual Devices (al-Ṭuruq al-saniyya fī al-ālāt al-ruḥāniyya), by Taqī al-Dīn (1526-1585)

Author: Cairo

Date: c. 1550

Publication Date: c. 1550

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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The History of Sultan Suleyman by Sayyid Luqman.

Author: Istanbul

Date: 1579 (987H)

Publication Date: 1579 (987H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Hemu is captured by Akbar's forces in 1556, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Author: Agra

Date: 1603-1605

Publication Date: 1603-1605

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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The governor of Kabul waits while Akbar's forces defend the city, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Author: Agra

Date: 1603-1605

Publication Date: 1603-1605

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Isfandiyar kills the dragon (recto) and Isfandiyar lassoes the sorceress (verso), from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: c. 1300

Publication Date: c. 1300

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Fragments of literary and documentary texts (8)

Date: 4th to 2nd century BC

Publication Date: 4th to 2nd century BC

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Language: Egyptian (Ancient)

Type: Document

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Dīwān of `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 661)

Date: c. 1500-1525

Publication Date: c. 1500-1525

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Language: ara,fas

Type: Document

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Kashkul, by Shaykh Bahā' al-Dīn Muḥammad `Āmilī (d. 1621)

Date: 1666 (1076H)

Publication Date: 1666 (1076H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Bahram Gur slays a monkey-lion before king Shangul's throne in India, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: c. 1300

Publication Date: c. 1300

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Prayers for the week

Date: 1485 (890H)

Publication Date: 1485 (890H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Ottoman Sultan Selim I and his grand vizier Piri Mehmed Pasha, from The Cream of Histories (Zubdat al-tawarikh) by Sayyid Luqman-i 'Ashuri

Date: 1585-1590

Publication Date: 1585-1590

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Language: Turkish

Type: Document

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Opening folio from the Garden (Būstān), by Sa`dī

Date: 1649 (1059H)

Publication Date: 1649 (1059H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Portraits of the Ottoman Sultans Osmān I (d. 1324) (recto), and Orkhān (d. 1362), Murād I (d. 1389), Bāyezīd I (d. 1402) and Meḥmed I (d. 1421) (verso), from the genealogy (silsilanāma), Cream of Histories (Zübdet-üt Tevarih)

Author: Baghdad

Date: 1598 (1006H)

Publication Date: 1598 (1006H)

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Language: Turkish

Type: Document

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The hero Ruhham chops off the hand of the Turanian wizard Bazur, thus cancelling his weather-spell, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: c. 1300

Publication Date: c. 1300

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Rustam kills the elephant, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: 1590-1600

Publication Date: 1590-1600

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Collection (majmū`) of 6 texts on grammar and logic, by Tha`lab (d. 904), Ibn Fāris (d. c. 1005), al-`Askarī (d. 1005), al-Dashtakī (d. 1542), al-Kātibī (d. 1276) and al-Dawwānī (d. 1501)

Date: 1218-1219 (615-616H) and 1500-1600

Publication Date: 1218-1219 (615-616H) and 1500-1600

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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The poet takes a cup of wine, from Thirty Letters (Sī-nāma, or Love Letters, `Ishq-nāma) by Amīr Ḥusaynī (d. 1318)

Date: c. 1450, borders added c. 1540-1549

Publication Date: c. 1450, borders added c. 1540-1549

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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The lion presides over Dimna's trial, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Date: c. 1595

Publication Date: c. 1595

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Süleyman's Pilgrimage to Eyüp, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Author: Istanbul

Date: 1579 (987H)

Publication Date: 1579 (987H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Akbar's hunting party ride in search of reported brigands, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Author: Agra

Date: 1603-1605

Publication Date: 1603-1605

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Battle between Khusrau Parviz and the rebellious Bahram Chubina, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: 1655 (1066H)

Publication Date: 1655 (1066H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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The Garden (Existing), by Sa`di

Date: 1565 (972H)

Publication Date: 1565 (972H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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The lucky prince meets the dervish and the magical woman (recto), the prince talks to the hungry snake (verso), from Tales of a Parrot (Ṭūṭīnāma) by Ẓiya’ al-Dīn Nakhshabī (d. 1350)

Date: c. 1580-1585

Publication Date: c. 1580-1585

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Merits of Isfahan (Maḥāsin-e Iṣfahān), by Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Āvīl

Date: c. 1350

Publication Date: c. 1350

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Fourteen texts on geometry, cosmology, philosophy and the Qur'an, by Ibn Sina (d. 1037), `Umar al-Khayyam (d. 1123), al-Sijzi (d. c.1020) and others

Date: 1299 (699H)

Publication Date: 1299 (699H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Opening of the Mouth

Date: 3rd century BC

Publication Date: 3rd century BC

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Language: Egyptian (Ancient)

Type: Document

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The lover reads his letter delivered by the older woman, from Ten Letters (Dah-nāma) by Awḥadī Marāgha’ī (d. 1338)

Date: c. 1450, borders added c. 1540-1549

Publication Date: c. 1450, borders added c. 1540-1549

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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The monkey king meets the river tortoise, by Shankar Gujarati, from Lights of Canopus (Anvār-i Suhaylī) by Ḥusayn Vā`iẓ Kāshifī

Date: c. 1595-1600

Publication Date: c. 1595-1600

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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Medallion (recto), and text with illuminated borders (verso), from Bal`ami's History (Tarikh-i Bal`ami)

Date: 1470 (874H)

Publication Date: 1470 (874H)

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Language: Persian

Type: Document

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