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Portrait of the superintendent of the royal stables, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Persian

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

Persian

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

Persian

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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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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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Portrait of poet Shaykh Zaman `Ali (above) and portrait head of a man in a cap (below), from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Persian

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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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`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

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

Herat

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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)

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

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

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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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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)

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

Persian

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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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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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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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Portrait of Raisal Darbari, folio from the Salim Album

Persian

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

Persian

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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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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)

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

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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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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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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

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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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Zal meets king Manuchihr, asking for his mercy, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Isfandiyar kills Arjasp, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Anthology (Dīvān), by Shāhī

Persian

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Two men die from poison intended for king Anushirvan, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Chained lion and peri (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Iran

Persian

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Mir Sayyāf cuts off the king's arm in the palace garden, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Persian

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The sculptor Farhād receives a drink from Shīrīn, from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī

Iran

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Akbar receives the ambassadors from Badakhshan in 1561, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama) by Abu’l-Fazl.

Agra

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Ardashir hunting together with Parthian king Ardavan and his sons, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Isfandiyar kills the dragon, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Collection (majmū`) of 4 literary texts, for Pīr Būdāq (d. 1466)

Shiraz

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Rustam lassoes and captures Kamus, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The poet and his friend sitting by a stream, from Thirty Letters (Sī-nāma, or Love Letters, `Ishq-nāma) by Amīr Ḥusaynī (d. 1318)

Persian

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`Amr-i Umayya shaves the sleeping men, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Persian

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Akbar's forces attack the Rajput fort of Kumbhalmer, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

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Luhrasp enthroned, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The simurgh carries Zal to her nest, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Süleyman's body escorted back to Istanbul by the Ottoman army, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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Gift of the free (Tuḥfat al-aḥrār), by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Persian

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Portrait of Shah Jahan on a globe

Persian

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Farīdūn crosses the Tigris on his way to fight Ẓaḥḥāk, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635), from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Persian

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In the presence of Khan Timbits Taha Siz Kandahar, From The Hester Of Akbar (Kabernama), B Abu’l Fazal

Agra

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Ardashir recognises his son Shapur during a polo match, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The king takes pity on the beggar, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di.

Herat

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Arjasp's horsemen kill Luhrasp, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Zulaykha pulls Yūsuf's coat as he leaves, from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-abrār) by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Persian

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Isfandiyar escapes the snowstorm, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

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King Hurzmuzd receives the Khaqan of Chin, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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World of knowledge (Jahān-e dānesh), by Sharaf al-Dīn al-Mas`ūdī

Persian

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The reign of Bahram Bahramiyan, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Rustam catches Rakhsh, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Gushtasp and his family mourn over the coffin of his son Isfandiyar, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The elephants at the waterhole, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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

Golconda

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Iskandar relaxes with Queen Nūshāba of Barda', from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī

Iran

Persian

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Bird of Paradise, by Ahizade `Ali Celebi

Persian

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Yogi sitting cross-legged, from the Ocean of Immortality (Bahr al-Hayat)

Persian

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Folio from the Gulshan Album

Persian

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Siyavush receives Piran's letter, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The prince enjoys an evening gathering, from the Book of Separation (Firāq-nāma) by Salmān Sāvajī (d. 1376)

Persian

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Boy with Cockerel, by Mu`īn Muṣavvir

Persian

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