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Firdawsī(Author) | Muhammad Mu'tabar Badakhshî(Calligrapher)
Persian
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Tasrih-i Mansuri, fol. 31 v
Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, active 14th century(Author)
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 116
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 33 v
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 8v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Five horsemen perform exercises, f. 259
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 68
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 38v
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 59
Persian
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Wild ass (himâr al-wahsh). Shown running, f. 311v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Qur'ân, fragment.
Arabic
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 46v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Marsha Hunt.
ara,eng
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 67
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 26 v
Persian
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Illuminated chapter heading.
Firdawsî(Author)
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 198 v
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 236
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Rustam's First Feat: Rakhsh kills a lion while Rustam sleeps.
Darvîsh 'Abdî(Calligrapher) | Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Turks, 1830-1876(Former owner) | Sharîf Amîdî (active 1500-1501)(Translator) | Firdawsī(Author)
Ottoman
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 164
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 27 v
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 52 v
Persian
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The angels Hârût and Mârût suspended head downward in a black pit (representing a fountain near Babel), f. 47
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Bahrâm Gûr disguised as his own ambassador gives a letter to Shangal, king of Hind (India).
Darvîsh 'Abdî(Calligrapher) | Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Turks, 1830-1876(Former owner) | Sharîf Amîdî (active 1500-1501)(Translator) | Firdawsī(Author)
Ottoman
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 17 v
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 135
Persian
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Manûchihr gives advice to Zâl about his marriage to Rûdâbah.
Firdawsî(Author)
Persian
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Rustam drinks wine with Kay Qubâd.
Firdawsî(Author)
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 100v
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 12
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 16v
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 139 v
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 161 v
Persian
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Boar (khinzîr), f. 324v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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A small boy with a large camel that he cannot control, f. 235v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Rustam hits Kâfûr.
Firdawsî(Author)
Persian
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A second episode in the battle between the armies of Farâmarz and Mihârk
Firdawsî(Author)
Persian
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Qissa al-Prophet, fol. 171v
Persian
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Gurgin leads away Andarimân's horse.
Firdawsi(Author)
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 105
Persian
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Zâl (with a black beard) celebrates the birth of a son.
Firdawsî(Author)
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 181 v
Persian
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Parrot [ball]; Nightingale ('andalib) [bottom], f. 340
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 327v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 25
Persian
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Shâhnâmah = The Book of Kings. p. 254v.
Firdawsî(Author)
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 325
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Qur'ân, fragment.
Arabic
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 142
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 357
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 151
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 151 v
Persian
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Barbâd, the musician, stands before Khusrau in his garden at Naurus.
Darvîsh 'Abdî(Calligrapher) | Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Turks, 1830-1876(Former owner) | Sharîf Amîdî (active 1500-1501)(Translator) | Firdawsī(Author)
Ottoman
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 95v
Persian
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Ruhham chases Barman.
Firdawsi(Author)
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 142 v
Persian
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A monster found in the Sea of Turkey (Bahr-i Rûm) [top]; A strange bird of the Maghrib Sea that lays its eggs in quiet waters [bottom], f. 94
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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A woman who has one arm and one leg of a woman, but the other half of her body is like that of a nasnâs; here the right arm and leg have hooves, f. 13v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 141
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Rustom Copters Rakhsh.
Darvish 'Abdi (Calligrapher) | Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Turks, 1830-1876(Former owner) | Sharif Amidi (active 1500-1501)(Translator) | Firdawsī(Author)
Ottoman
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Iskandar hunting in eastern Turkistân, fol. 282
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3(Author)
Persian
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Mount Razwâ, near Madînah, f. 112
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 13
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 42v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Barbara Reed.
ara,eng
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 136
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 2v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 328
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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The book of instruction in the elements of the art of astrology, opp. page 46
Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048(Author) | Luzac & Co. (London, England)(Publisher)
Arabic
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Gîv fights Lahhâk.
Firdawsî(Author)
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 151 v
Persian
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 73 v
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 280v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Siyâvush and Afrâsiyâb feasting on the occasion of Siyâvush's marriage to Farangîs.
Darvîsh 'Abdî(Calligrapher) | Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Turks, 1830-1876(Former owner) | Sharîf Amîdî (active 1500-1501)(Translator) | Firdawsī(Author)
Ottoman
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Melon (bittîkh), f. 184v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 93v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Mi'râj (The night ride of the Prophet), 7v
Kalhur, Muḥammad Riz̤ā, 1829 or 1830-1892 or 1893(Patron) | Jāmī, 1414-1492(Author) | 'Abd-Allâh(Calligrapher)
Persian
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In India if the dead person has a wife, friend, or brother who is willing, they can be burnt on the pyre with the dead man. Four people are shown in a funeral pyre, f. 247
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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A worm that eats into ships (arazat), f. 357v
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian
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Qur'ân, fragment.
Arabic
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 154
Persian
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A black trapezoid representing the Kaʻbah within a large red footprint, fol. 47v
Muḥyī Lārī, d. 1526 or 7(Author)
Arabic
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Kathleen Burke.
ara,eng
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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 177 v
Persian
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'The wonder of the creature and the wonder of the new, f. 312
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Persian