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Miqdad ibn Aswad in battle, from The Life of the Prophet (Siyer-i nebi), by Mustafa Darir

Istanbul

Turkish

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Fragments of literary and documentary texts (8)

egy,ell

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Th cream of histris (date butter) by Syed Luqman Ashouri

Turkish

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The beggar at the mosque doorway, from the Garden (Būstān) by Sa`di (d. 1292)

Persian

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Tafsīr gharīb al-Qur’ān, by Abū Bakr Muḥammad al-Sijistānī (d. 941)

Arabic

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The four friends, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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Dalā’il al-Khayrāt, by Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Jazūlī (d. 1465)

Arabic

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History of the Safavid shahs up to 1667, by Murtaẓā Qulī

Isfahan

Persian

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Martyrdom of Manṣūr Ḥallāj (d. 922), from Breaths of intimacy (Nafaḥāt al-uns), by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Persian

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Treatise on Variant Readings of the Qur'an (Kitab al-Badi') by Ibn Khalawayh (d. 980)

Arabic

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Arabic

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Quintessence of Purity (Ṣafvat al-ṣafā’), by Ibn Bazzāz Ardabīlī (d. 1371)

Persian

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The Prophet and Imām `Alī at the gates of Qamūṣ fortress in Khaybar, from the Book of Divination (Fālnāma) for Shah Ṭahmāsp, (d. 1576)

Qazvin

Persian

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

Golconda

Deccan

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Fragments of legal documents (13)

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Mālik-e Azhdar defeats his enemy with a mace, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Persian

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Prophet Yusuf predicting seven lean years for Egypt's harvests, from Yusuf and Zulaykha by Hamdullah Chelebi (d. 1509).

Turkish

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`Amr-e Omayya addresses the King of the East, bound and gagged on his bed, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Persian

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Ascension of the Prophet (Mi`raj), from the Garden (Bustān), by Sa`di

Bukhara

Persian

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Qur'an scroll

Arabic

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Four horsemen riding around the hippodrome, from Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihayat al-su'l wa al-umniya fi ta‘allum ‘amal al-furusiyya) by al-Aqsara'i

Arabic

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Qisṭās al-mu`ādala fī `ilm al-jabr wa al-muqābala, by al-Zanjānī (d. 1262)

Arabic

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Works of the Victorious (Āthār al-Muẓaffar) by Niẓām

Persian

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Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausi (d. 1020), illustrated by Mu`īn Muṣavvir

Persian

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Ottoman book of prayers

ara,tur

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al-Ṭāli` al-sa`īd al-jāmi` asmā' fuḍalā' al-Ṣa`īd, by al-Adfuwī (d. 1347)

Arabic

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The wrestling match, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di.

Herat

Persian

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Yogi in the foetal (garbhasana) position (recto) and yogi kneeling by a straw hut (verso), from the Ocean of Immortality (Bahr al-Hayat)

Persian

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The drunken shoemaker rides Bahram Gur’s escaped lion, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Juz' 3 of the Khayqani Qur'an

Arabic

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Arabic

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Fire beetle (cocuyo) of Hispaniola, by Ahizade `Ali Celebi

Persian

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Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Sharaf al-Din Musa, Firdausi of Bursa

ara,fas

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Papyrus letter: a request

Arabic

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Undetermined

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

Golconda

Deccan

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Yogi seated in the humped tortoise position (uttanakurmasana) (recto), and yogi seated in the sunasana position (verso), from the Ocean of Immortality (Bahr al-Hayat)

Persian

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The Ottoman army arrives at Szigetvar, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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Preparing the palace feast, from the Garden (Bustān), by Sa`di

Bukhara

Undetermined

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Arabic

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Subul al-khayrāt, by Ibn al-Fallās al-Qurṭubī (d. 1031)

Arabic

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Compendium of histories and stories (Mujmal al-tavarikh wa'l-qisas)

Persian

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The King of the East listens to a messenger, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Persian

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Fragmentary text folio from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Calligraphy album from Ottoman Istanbul

Arabic

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Hadith Traditions, collected by al-Kaḥḥāl (d. 1092)

Arabic

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Sasanian king Yazdagird III flees to the mill in Merv in 651, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498)

Shiraz

Persian

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Akbar's courtiers wait for news of his illness in 1561, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Abridged Book of Kings (Muntakhab-i Shahnama)

Persian

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Capture of the fortress of Bobofça (Babócsa, Hungary) in 1566, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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`Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib wrenches the door from the fortress of Qamūṣ, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498)

Shiraz

Persian

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Dimna the imprisoned jackal visited by his brother Kalila, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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Contendings of Horus and Seth (recto), Beginning of the words of the great dispenser of entertainment (love-songs I) (verso), Sale of a bull (verso)

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Business document or memorandum

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Anushirvan displays his bow skills before the palace gate, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The monkey throws figs down to the wild boar, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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Caesar receives Khusraw Parviz's ambassadors, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Book of parts and properties (Kitab al-aqsam wa'l-khisal), by al-Khaffaf (d. c. 950)

Undetermined

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Bahram Chubina wearing women's clothes as a punishment, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Isfandiyar slays the horned wolves (kargs), from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Toh Harthma Charging At Live Effect, From Manal That Arts Of Harsam (The End Of The Question And The Hope In The Sciences Of Equestrian Hope) By Al-Qasra

Arabic

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Yogi Seated in Sthamba (Tambasana) Position (Recta), Yogi Seated in the Kakah (Kukkutesana) Position (Verso), From the Ocean of Immortality (Bhar Ala-Hayat)

Persian

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Iskandar receives tribute from the Indian king Kayd, including his daughter, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Attributes of Lovers (Ṣifāt al-'āshiqīn) by Hilālī (d. 1529)

Persian

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Juz' 9 and 10 of the Khayqani Qur'an

Arabic

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Iraj is murdered by his brothers Salm and Tur, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Angels above the Ka`ba in Mecca, folio from a dispersed anthology

Persian

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Six of the Imams, from The Cream of Histories (Zubdat al-Tawarikh) by Sayyid Luqman-i 'Ashuri

Turkish

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Horsemen hunting, from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-abrār) by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Undetermined

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Contendings of Horus and Seth (straight), Love-songs II (verse), Memoranda or Business Jottings (verse)

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Persian calligraphy (recto), and lion killing a deer, and two men with a camel (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Persian

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Yaḥyā ibn `Ammār compares his own succession plans with those of the Prophet, from Breaths of intimacy (Nafaḥāt al-uns), by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Persian

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Fatḥ al-muta`āl fī madḥ al-ni`āl, by al-Maqqarī (d. 1632)

Arabic

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Sam meets his grandson Rustam, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Atman Sultan Orhan and where Süleyman Pasha, from the cream of histris (date butter) by Seyyid Luqman Assyrian

Turkish

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The tortoise swims with the monkey king on his back, by Payāg, from Lights of Canopus (Anvār-i Suhaylī) by Ḥusayn Vā`iẓ Kāshifī

Persian

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Yogi in a headstand (akucchan) (recto) and yogi seated in throat position (jalandharabandhasana) (verso), folio from the Ocean of Immortality (Bahr al-Hayat)

Persian

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al-Kawākib al-durriyya and madḥ khayr al-bariyya, by al-Būṣīrī (d. 1294), combined with Takhmīs al-Burda, by al-Fayyūmī

Cairo

Arabic

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Bizhan pursues Tazhav and his slavegirl Ispanwi, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Gushtasp kills a monster wolf, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama)

Persian

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Coconut palm, by Ahizade `Ali Celebi

Persian

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Khusraw Parviz and Bahram Chubina dispute kingship rights, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986)

Arabic

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Arabic

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Seated young man offering fruit and wine

Undetermined

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Forty Traditions (Arba`ūn Ḥadīth), by Jāmī (d. 1492)

ara,fas

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The Cream of Histories (Zubdat al-tawarikh) by Sayyid Luqman-i 'Ashuri

Turkish

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Anthology (majmū`) of Eleven Persian Poets

Persian

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Armadilla (clustering), from translation of the history of the new world (translate history that saves the world), with Ahzad to Negative

Persian

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Papyrus fragments

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Akbar's army at the Ganges, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Rustam captured by the Akvan Div, extract from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi, in Anthology of Ghazals (Ghazaliyyat al-motafarriqeh) by multiple authors

Persian

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Contendings of Horus and Seth (recto), Encomium of Ramesses V (verso), Hymn to Amun (verso)

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Siyavush pleads for his stepmother Sudaba's life, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Bahram Gur sleeps out in the courtyard of the inhospitable Baraham, feasting inside, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Akbar's forces shooting up at Hajipur fortress from boats on the Ganges, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Arabic

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Historical calendar (Taqwim-i tarikhi), with astrological advice and a world map

Turkish

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Kay Khusraw kills Shida, son of Afrasiyab, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The monkey king returns safely to his fig tree, by `Āṣī, from Lights of Canopus (Anvār-i Suhaylī) by Ḥusayn Vā`iẓ Kāshifī

Persian

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