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Main Title: Ibrahim Sultan's Shahnama (Bodleian, Ouseley Add. 176) | Image Title: f. 70a: Rustam's sixth labor: he tears off the head of the demon Arzhang 20330976

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1430 | 1435 | ca. 1430-1435
Publication Date: 1430 | 1435 | ca. 1430-1435
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | epics | poetry | kings and rulers | heroes | dynasties | lovers | illuminations | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
Library: Digital Library of the Middle East
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Main Title: Kalila wa Dimna (BnF Arabe 3465) | Image Title: f. 57r: The Crane and the Crab (detail) 20331280

Author: Bidpai, Indian (Author)
Date: 1200 | 1220 | 1200-1220
Publication Date: 1200 | 1220 | 1200-1220
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: illuminations | painted manuscripts | animals | fables | miniatures (paintings) | folklore | human figures | Arabic language | Islamic art | nature in art | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Divan of Hafiz, Heavenly and Earthly Drunkenness (HUAM, 1988.460.2) | Image Title: General view 10898693

Author: attributed to Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian (Artist)
Date: 1530 | ca. 1530
Publication Date: 1530 | ca. 1530
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | angels | reading | drinking behavior | drunkenness | jars | musicians | allegories | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khosrow and Shirin (Louvre, OA7105) | Image Title: Khosrow hunting on a boat (detail) 24081615

Author: Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, 1253-1325/651-725 AH, Indian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1528 | ca. 1525-1528
Publication Date: 1525 | 1528 | ca. 1525-1528
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illustrations (layout features) | poems | poetry | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Gulistan of Sa'di (Chester Beatty, MS. Pers. 119) | Image Title: General view, f. 9: A dervish sitting before the king's palace refusing the sovereign's offer of reinstatement to his previously held position of vizier with the words, "Better disgrace than favour" 20331921

Author: Sa'di, ca. 610-691 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1427 | c. 1427 AD / 830 AH
Publication Date: 1427 | c. 1427 AD / 830 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | poetry | Persian | Islamic art | painted manuscripts | epics | history in art | mysticism | Sufism | dervishes | kings and rulers | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Minto Album (Chester Beatty Library MS. 7 / V&A IM.25-1925) | Image Title: Detail view of "A prince and his consort seated on a terrace" (CBL In 07A.2) 16696677

Author: Govardhan, 17th c., Indian, Balchand, Indian (Painter)
Date: 1615 | 1640 | ca. 1615-1640
Publication Date: 1615 | 1640 | ca. 1615-1640
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: painted manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | poetry | calligraphy | borders (ornamental areas) | South Asians | more | less
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Sharḥ al-Mathnawī al-musmā bi-al-manhaj al-qawī / taʼlīf al-ʻālim al-rabbānī wa-al-ʻārif al-ṣamadānī al-shaykh Yūsuf bin Aḥmad al-Mawlawī nafaʻanā Allāh bi-ʻulūmuh amīn M.

Author: Mawlawī, Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad
Date: 1872
Publication Date: 1872
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī,Maulana,1207-1273.Ma̲snavī/ Sufism--Early works to 1800. | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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Main Title: Anwar-i Suhaili (Banares BKB 9069) | Image Title: f. 6: Lion's court (detail) 23902093

Author: Hosein Vâ'ez Kâshefi, Iranian, Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak, d. 1602/1011 AH, Indian (Author) | Farrukh Khurd Chela, Indian, Basawan, fl. ca. 1556-1600, Indian, Manohar, fl. 1580-1620, Indian, Madho Singh, Reign dates: 1631-48, Indian, Miskin, fl. ca. 16th c., Indian, Mukund Singh, Reign dates: 1648-58, Indian (Painter)
Date: 1595 | 1597 | ca. 1595-1597
Publication Date: 1595 | 1597 | ca. 1595-1597
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | fables | folklore | Islamic art | borders (ornamental areas) | animals | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (Patna, Khuda Bakhsh Library Cat.1, HL 358) | Image Title: Detail view; f. 15v Gayumars enthroned 16500876

Author: Firdausi, Persian poet, 10th-11th centuries (Author) | Murshid al-Katib al-Shirazi, fl. 1530s, Iranian (Calligrapher)
Date: 1536
Publication Date: 1536
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: nastaʻliq | heroes | kings and rulers | mythology | battles | history | Islamic art | shahnama | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 102b (private collection) | Image Title: f. 102b: Qaran slays Barman (detail) 23044396

Author: Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian, Mir Sayyid 'Ali, b. c. 1510, d. Mecca after 1572, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | epics | poetry | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 191r; Bahram Gur in the Sandalwood Pavilion 14174627

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author) | Maulana Azhar, ac.c.1450s, Afghan, Anisi (Calligrapher) | Shaykhi Shaykhi, Iranian Iranian, Darvish Muhammad, fl. c. 1475-1500, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | folklore | Persian | courtly love | courts (social groups) | Islamic architecture | painted manuscripts | kings and rulers | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsah of Nizami (Chester Beatty, Per 162) | Image Title: f. 210b: Bahram on Monday in the Green Pavilion 21006750

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date: 1481 | 1482 | c. 1481-82
Publication Date: 1481 | 1482 | c. 1481-82
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | poetry | illuminations | illustrations | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Full view of double-page frontispiece, left side (recto) 16198880

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author) | Maulana Azhar, ac.c.1450s, Afghan, Anisi (Calligrapher) | Shaykhi Shaykhi, Iranian Iranian, Darvish Muhammad, fl. c. 1475-1500, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | folklore | Persian | courtly love | courts (social groups) | Islamic architecture | painted manuscripts | kings and rulers | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: Full view of folio 218b; Shah Jahan honouring Prince Awrangzeb at his wedding 16696724

Author: , , , , , (Artist) | (Author)
Date: 1657 | 1658 | ca. 1657-1658/ 1067 AH
Publication Date: 1657 | 1658 | ca. 1657-1658/ 1067 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | portraits | kings and rulers | history in art | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 516b (Nasser Khalili, MSS 1030) | Image Title: f. 516b: Ardashir and the slave girl Gulnar (detail) 16198855

Author: Mir Musavvir, act. Tabriz, 1510-1548, India c. 1555, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illustrations (layout features) | poetry | epics | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (Fitzwilliam Museum, Ms 311) | Image Title: f. 56r: Rustam's first labour: Rakhsh kills a lion 20330772

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1620 | 1621 | ca. 1620-1621/1029-1030 AH
Publication Date: 1620 | 1621 | ca. 1620-1621/1029-1030 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | epics | poetry | miniatures (paintings) | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Full view of gilded leather binding 16198882

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author) | Maulana Azhar, ac.c.1450s, Afghan, Anisi (Calligrapher) | Shaykhi Shaykhi, Iranian Iranian, Darvish Muhammad, fl. c. 1475-1500, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | folklore | Persian | courtly love | courts (social groups) | Islamic architecture | painted manuscripts | kings and rulers | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Great Mongol Shahnama (HAM 1958.288) | Image Title: Rustam shoots an arrow in Isfandiyar (full view) 20331225

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1330 | 1340 | c. 1330-1340
Publication Date: 1330 | 1340 | c. 1330-1340
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | epics | kings and rulers | warriors | heroes | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 466a (NY Met, 1970.301.55) | Image Title: f. 466a: Rustam slays Isfandiyar with a magic arrow 17932490

Author: Painter B, 16th c., Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | epics | poetry | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (Princeton, Firestone Library, MS 77G) | Image Title: Full view of colophon 16500704

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date: 1443 | 1446 | 1443-1446
Publication Date: 1443 | 1446 | 1443-1446
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | poetry | Persian | divans | courts (social groups) | courtiers | lions | kings and rulers | painted manuscripts | inscriptions | inscriptions, Arabic | Islamic art | epics | folklore | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Makhzan al-Asrar (Chester Beatty, Per 224) | Image Title: f. 7: Nushirvan and his Vizier listening to the owls in the ruined village 21006828

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date: 1550 | ca. 1550
Publication Date: 1550 | ca. 1550
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | poetry | nasta'liq | Sufism | mysticism | illuminations | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsah of Nizami (Chester Beatty, Per 162) | Image Title: f. 207b: Bahram on Sunday in the Yellow Pavilion 21006758

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date: 1481 | 1482 | c. 1481-82
Publication Date: 1481 | 1482 | c. 1481-82
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | poetry | illuminations | illustrations | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: Detail view, unidentified folio, Shah Jahan honoring Prince Aurangzeb before his wedding 20330095

Author: , , , , , (Artist) | (Author)
Date: 1657 | 1658 | ca. 1657-1658/ 1067 AH
Publication Date: 1657 | 1658 | ca. 1657-1658/ 1067 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | portraits | kings and rulers | history in art | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Two European women with a child | Image Title: Detail view 15881960

Author: attributed to Das, Kesu, fl. c. 1570-c. 1602, Indian (Artist)
Date: 1580 | 1590 | circa 1580-1590
Publication Date: 1580 | 1590 | circa 1580-1590
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | Christianity | prayer | landscapes | cities | Madonnas | Europeans | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khavaran Nama, dispersed (Gulistan Palace Library, MS 5750) | Image Title: Jibril invites teh Prophet to watch 'Ali in the battlefield (detail) 20331548

Author: al-Din, Maulana Muhammad b. Husam, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1476 | 1486 | ca. 1476-1486
Publication Date: 1476 | 1486 | ca. 1476-1486
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, Caliph | apocrypha | poetry | imams | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 69b (TMoCA) | Image Title: f. 69b: Rudaba confides in her maids 23044381

Author: attributed to Painter A (Qadimi), 16th c., Iranian, studio of Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | manuscripts | epics | poetry | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Minto Album (Chester Beatty Library MS. 7 / V&A IM.25-1925) | Image Title: Detail view, In 07A.5a: Jahangir holding a globe 20330021

Author: Govardhan, 17th c., Indian, Balchand, Indian (Painter)
Date: 1615 | 1640 | ca. 1615-1640
Publication Date: 1615 | 1640 | ca. 1615-1640
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: painted manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | poetry | calligraphy | borders (ornamental areas) | South Asians | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Kitab al-Aghani (Cairo, Adab 579) | Image Title: Vol. II, frontispiece: A princess on a bridge with attendants and female musicians 20331384

Author: al-Isfahani, b. 897 or 8; d. 967, Iranian, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1217 | 1219 | ca. 1217-1219
Publication Date: 1217 | 1219 | ca. 1217-1219
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: poetry | musicians | poets | literary history | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (Chester Beatty, Per 163) | Image Title: f. 110b: The fight between Majnun's and Layla's tribes 22396270

Author: style of Bihzad, ca. 1450-1535-6/935 AH (Artist) | Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, 1253-1325/651-725 AH, Indian (Author)
Date: 1485 | ca. 1485
Publication Date: 1485 | ca. 1485
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | poetry | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (Royal Collection, London, RCIN 1005014) | Image Title: f. 320b: Barzu and Afrasiyab lassoing one another (Muhammad Yusuf, signed) 20331210

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1648 | 1648 (completed)
Publication Date: 1648 | 1648 (completed)
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | kings and rulers | heroes | epics | poetry | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Great Mongol Shahnama (McGill U., Persian 6) | Image Title: 23044265

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1330 | 1340 | ca. 1330-1340
Publication Date: 1330 | 1340 | ca. 1330-1340
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | epics | poetry | illustrations | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Suleymannama (Chester Beatty, T 406) | Image Title: Bilqis, Queen of Sheba, enthroned, left side of the double-page fontispiece (detail) 24469975

Author: Firdawsi of Bursa, 15th c., Turkish (Author)
Date: 1480 | 1510 | 1480-1510
Publication Date: 1480 | 1510 | 1480-1510
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | frontispieces (illustrations) | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 73b (NY Met, 1970.301.8) | Image Title: f. 73b: Zal consults the Magi (detail) 23044308

Author: attributed to Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian, assistant to Painter D, 16th c., Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1530 | 1535 | ca. 1530-35
Publication Date: 1530 | 1535 | ca. 1530-35
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | epics | poetry | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Kulliyat of Khvaju Kirmani, (BL, Add. 18113) | Image Title: f. 1v: Sarlawh and opening of Humay and Humayun (full view) 10898412

Author: Junayd, 14th-15th c., Iranian (Artist) | Khvaju Kirmani, Mahmud ibn 'Ali, d. ca. 1352/753 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1396 | c. 1396
Publication Date: 1396 | c. 1396
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | poetry | kings and rulers | ethics | religion | romances (document genre) | Sufism | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Haft Awrang (Washington DC, Freer F1946.12) | Image Title: General view: the wise old man chides a foolish youth (F1946.12.10) 18551071

Author: Jami, 1414-1492/817-898 AH, Afghan (Author) | Abdullah al-Shirazi, d. 1574/982 AH, Iranian (Illuminator)
Date: 1556 | 1565 | 1556-65/963-72 AH
Publication Date: 1556 | 1565 | 1556-65/963-72 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Persian | miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (Patna, Khuda Bakhsh Library Cat.1, HL 358) | Image Title: General view; f.168r unknown scene 16500820

Author: Firdausi, Persian poet, 10th-11th centuries (Author) | Murshid al-Katib al-Shirazi, fl. 1530s, Iranian (Calligrapher)
Date: 1536
Publication Date: 1536
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: nastaʻliq | heroes | kings and rulers | mythology | battles | history | Islamic art | shahnama | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 60b (Farjam, Dubai) | Image Title: f. 60b: Manuchihr enthroned 17932446

Author: signed Mir Musavvir, act. Tabriz, 1510-1548, India c. 1555, Iranian, assistant to Qasim 'Ali, fl. ca. 1475 to 1526 (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | epics | poetry | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Detail view: f. 23r: Gam (lower-right) 20329921

Author: Abu'l Hasan, fl 1600-30, Indian (Artist)
Date: 1590 | 1627 | ca. 1600-1627
Publication Date: 1590 | 1627 | ca. 1600-1627
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: cityscapes | portraits | animals | manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | emperors | painted manuscripts | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f.586a (Met, 1970.301.65) | Image Title: f. 586a: Bnhram Gur slays the Rhino-Wolf 23044386

Author: studio of Aqa Mirak, fl. Tabriz c. 1520-1555, Mashhad c. 1555-1565, Qazvin 1565-1575(?), d. before 1576, Iranian, attributed to ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, 1. reg 1540-1549. 2. reg 1651-1681 (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | epics | poetry | manuscripts | more | less
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Type: belge
Library: Digital Library of the Middle East
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Main Title: Khamsah of Nizami (Chester Beatty, Per 162) | Image Title: f. 130b: A crowned king making obeisance to a hermit in his cave 21006760

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date: 1481 | 1482 | c. 1481-82
Publication Date: 1481 | 1482 | c. 1481-82
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | poetry | illuminations | illustrations | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Anwar-i Suhaili (Banares BKB 9069) | Image Title: Full view of folio 48 (9069/9); A Lion's Court, by Miskin 14899543

Author: Hosein Vâ'ez Kâshefi, Iranian, Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak, d. 1602/1011 AH, Indian (Author) | Farrukh Khurd Chela, Indian, Basawan, fl. ca. 1556-1600, Indian, Manohar, fl. 1580-1620, Indian, Madho Singh, Reign dates: 1631-48, Indian, Miskin, fl. ca. 16th c., Indian, Mukund Singh, Reign dates: 1648-58, Indian (Painter)
Date: 1595 | 1597 | ca. 1595-1597
Publication Date: 1595 | 1597 | ca. 1595-1597
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | fables | folklore | Islamic art | borders (ornamental areas) | animals | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Divan of Hafiz, Incident in a mosque (HUAM, 1999.300.2) | Image Title: Detail view 17719224

Author: Shaykh Zadeh, fl. 15th-16th c., Iranian (Artist) | Hafiz, ca. 1325-26/726 AH - 1389-90/791-92 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1520 | 1540 | c. 1530
Publication Date: 1520 | 1540 | c. 1530
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: mosques | poetry | minbars | mysticism | Sufism | Islamic art | more | less
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Main Title: Kulliyat of Khvaju Kirmani, (BL, Add. 18113) | Image Title: Folio 45v; lower-left margin; close-up view of ornaments in Humayun's quarters 10898426

Author: Junayd, 14th-15th c., Iranian (Artist) | Khvaju Kirmani, Mahmud ibn 'Ali, d. ca. 1352/753 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1396 | c. 1396
Publication Date: 1396 | c. 1396
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | poetry | kings and rulers | ethics | religion | romances (document genre) | Sufism | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: Full view of folio 125a; Shah Jahan honouring Prince Dara Shikuh attributed to Bulaqi, son of Hoshang 16696741

Author: , , , , , (Artist) | (Author)
Date: 1657 | 1658 | ca. 1657-1658/ 1067 AH
Publication Date: 1657 | 1658 | ca. 1657-1658/ 1067 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | portraits | kings and rulers | history in art | Islamic art | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Gulistan of Sa'di (Chester Beatty, MS. Pers. 119) | Image Title: Detail view, f. 32b: an unidentified man looking on at Sa'di from a castle tower 20331928

Author: Sa'di, ca. 610-691 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1427 | c. 1427 AD / 830 AH
Publication Date: 1427 | c. 1427 AD / 830 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | poetry | Persian | Islamic art | painted manuscripts | epics | history in art | mysticism | Sufism | dervishes | kings and rulers | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 233r; Iskandar comforting the dying Dara 16198935

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author) | Maulana Azhar, ac.c.1450s, Afghan, Anisi (Calligrapher) | Shaykhi Shaykhi, Iranian Iranian, Darvish Muhammad, fl. c. 1475-1500, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | folklore | Persian | courtly love | courts (social groups) | Islamic architecture | painted manuscripts | kings and rulers | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Great Mongol Shahnama (Worcester Art Museum, 1935.24) | Image Title: Bahram Gur hunting an onager (detail) 23044266

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1330 | 1340 | ca. 1330-1340
Publication Date: 1330 | 1340 | ca. 1330-1340
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | epics | poetry | illustrations | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 86b (NY Met, 1970.301.13) | Image Title: f. 86b: The wise men approve of Zal's marriage (detail) 23044314

Author: Painter D, 16th c., Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | epics | poetry | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 111b (TMoCA) | Image Title: f. 111b: Rustam spits Qalun on his own spear 13615538

Author: attributed to 'Abd al-Vahhab, fl. 16th c., Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | epics | heroes | Islamic art | battles | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Kitb̄ al-Faṣl fī al-milal wa-al-ahwāʼ wa-al-niḥal / Abī Muḥammad ʻAlí ibn Aḥamd ibn Ḥazm al-Ẓāhirī al-mutawffá sanat 456.

Author: Ibn Ḥazm, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad, 994-1064, author.
Date: 1320[1899]
Publication Date: 1320[1899]
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Islamic sects. Religions -- Early works to 1800. Islam -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800. Islam -- Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800. | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 643b (TMoCA, Tehran) | Image Title: f. 643b: Battle that ended in checkmate and chess (detail) 19303748

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | ca. 1525-1530
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | ca. 1525-1530
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | battles | horses | elephants | shaffrons | spears | saddles | quivers | trumpets | archers | horse trappings | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Divan of Hafiz, Incident in a mosque (HUAM, 1999.300.2) | Image Title: Detail view 17719246

Author: Shaykh Zadeh, fl. 15th-16th c., Iranian (Artist) | Hafiz, ca. 1325-26/726 AH - 1389-90/791-92 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1520 | 1540 | c. 1530
Publication Date: 1520 | 1540 | c. 1530
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: mosques | poetry | minbars | mysticism | Sufism | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Manuscript No. 24: Ritual Book

Date: 1693
Publication Date: 1693
Publication Place: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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Language: Armenian
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 48b (Cincinnati Art Museum, 1985.87) | Image Title: f. 48b: The decapitation of Iraj 23044379

Author: attributed to Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | epics | poetry | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Hamzanama (NY Met) | Image Title: Detail view of a folio entitled "Mesbah the Grocer brings the spy Parran to his house"; (24.48.1) 16697274

Author: Attributed to Mithra, Indian, Daswanth, Indian artist, 1560-1584 (Painter)
Date: 1560 | 1580 | ca. 1570
Publication Date: 1560 | 1580 | ca. 1570
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | Islamic art | storytelling | legends | Persian | heroes | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 20v (Aga Khan Museum, AKM165) | Image Title: f. 20b: The court of Gayumars (detail) 23044328

Author: attributed to Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1524 | 1525 | ca. 1524-1525
Publication Date: 1524 | 1525 | ca. 1524-1525
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | epics | poetry | manuscripts | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Dervish from Faryab crosses the river on his prayer rug (The David Collection, 11/2016) | Image Title: Full page; folio still bound in the manuscript 23040882

Author: Habiballah ibn 'Ali Baharjani, fl. mid-15th c., Iranian (Artist) | Sa'di, ca. 610-691 AH, Iranian (Author) | Mir 'Ali Husayni Haravi, b. Herat; d. Bukhara, Iranian (Calligrapher)
Date: 1600 | 1608 | ca. 1600-1608
Publication Date: 1600 | 1608 | ca. 1600-1608
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | poetry | seals | Sufism | boats | guns | sails | pennants | seamen | waterways | water birds | rocks | ethics (philosophy) | nature spirits | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Kitāb Mashāhid al-mamālik : wa-fīhi waṣf Ūrūbā wa-Wilāyāt Amīrikā al-Muttaḥidah wa-Tūnis wa-al-Jazāʼir wa-al-Balqān )ay Rūmānyā wa-al-Sirb wa-al-Bulghār‫(‬ wa-al-Yūnān wa-Sūrīyah wa-Jabal Lubnān / taʼlīf Idwār Ilyās.

Author: Elias, Edward Elias, author.
Date: 1910
Publication Date: 1910
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Mamelukes/ Europe--Description and travel/ United States--Description and travel/ Africa, North--Description and travel/ Middle East--Description and travel. | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 48b (Cincinnati Art Museum, 1985.87) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 48b; onlookers in the mountains behind the encampment 13615486

Author: attributed to Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | epics | poetry | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Great Mongol Shahnama (HAM 1956.212) | Image Title: Rustam's brother Zavara and son Faramarz kill Isfandiyar's sons Nush Azar and Mihr-i Nush 20331349

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1330 | 1340 | c. 1330-1340
Publication Date: 1330 | 1340 | c. 1330-1340
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | epics | kings and rulers | warriors | heroes | battles | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
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Main Title: Minto Album (Chester Beatty Library MS. 7 / V&A IM.25-1925) | Image Title: f. 11a: Music at an Encampment [Detail view] 24469575

Author: Govardhan, 17th c., Indian, Balchand, Indian (Painter)
Date: 1615 | 1640 | ca. 1615-1640
Publication Date: 1615 | 1640 | ca. 1615-1640
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: painted manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | poetry | calligraphy | borders (ornamental areas) | South Asians | more | less
Language: Undetermined
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Main Title: Kalila wa Dimna (NY Met, 1981.373) | Image Title: Full view of a folio entitled, "The parent bird blinds the prince in revenge for the death of her young one" (1981.373.83) 16697309

Date: 1700 | 1799 | 18th century
Publication Date: 1700 | 1799 | 18th century
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | fables | animals | animals in human situations | Islamic art | illustrations (layout features) | more | less
Language: Undetermined
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Main Title: Kalila wa Dimna (NY Met, 1981.373) | Image Title: Full view of a folio entitled, "The male dove pecking the female dove" (1981.373.99) 16697321

Date: 1700 | 1799 | 18th century
Publication Date: 1700 | 1799 | 18th century
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | fables | animals | animals in human situations | Islamic art | illustrations (layout features) | more | less
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al-Juzʼ al-awwal]al-thāmin‫[-‬ min sharḥ al-Imām al-ʻallāmah Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Bāqī al-Zurqānī al-Mālikī ʻalá al-Mawāhib al-ladunīyah lil-ʻAllāmah al-Qasṭallānī al-Shāfiʻī nafaʻa Allāh al-muslimīn bi-ʻulūmahmā āmīn M.

Author: Zurqānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Bāqī, 1645-1710, author.
Date: 1291 [1874
Publication Date: 1291 [1874
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Arabic language--Dictionaries. | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 177v; Bahram Gur with the Moorish princess in the Yellow pavilion 16198918

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author) | Maulana Azhar, ac.c.1450s, Afghan, Anisi (Calligrapher) | Shaykhi Shaykhi, Iranian Iranian, Darvish Muhammad, fl. c. 1475-1500, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | folklore | Persian | courtly love | courts (social groups) | Islamic architecture | painted manuscripts | kings and rulers | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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