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Main Title: Shahnama (Chester Beatty 277) | Image Title: f.14: Faridun and his men cross the Tigris (full view) 21006891

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author) | Sadiqi, b. Tabriz, 1533-4/941 AH; d. Isfahan, 1609-10/1019 AH, Iranian (Illustrator) | Riza-'i 'Abbasi, Aqa, b. ?Kashan, ca. 1570/978 AH - d. ?Isfahan, 1635/1045 AH, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1587 | 1597 | 1587-1597
Publication Date: 1587 | 1597 | 1587-1597
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: calligraphy | paintings | heroes | epics | poetry | landscapes (representations) | miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | animals | more | less
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Type: belge
Library: Digital Library of the Middle East
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Full view of folio 12r; a battle scene at sea 15881754

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
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Detail view: f. 25r: Keshavdas (lower-right margin) 20329957

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
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Lovers (Met 50.164) | Image Title: Detail 24469738

Author: Riza-'i 'Abbasi, Aqa, b. ?Kashan, ca. 1570/978 AH - d. ?Isfahan, 1635/1045 AH, Iranian (Artist)
Date: 1630
Publication Date: 1630
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: lovers | couples | embracing | clothing & dress | clothing and dress | inscriptions | fruit | wine bottles | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp Shahnama, f. 592a (NY Met, 1970.301.66) | Image Title: f. 592a: Yazdigird II Accedes to the Throne (detail) 19303741

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1530 | 1535 | ca. 1530-1535
Publication Date: 1530 | 1535 | ca. 1530-1535
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | shahnama | epics | horses | kings and rulers | thrones | baldachins (canopies) | plumes | streams | courtiers | enthronements | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 51v (TMoCA) | Image Title: f. 51b: Faridun and Manuchihr receive an envoy from Salm and Tur 23044372

Author: 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) | Islamic art | rulers | thrones | plumes | courtiers | elephants | gifts | tents | horses | streams | more | less
Language: Undetermined
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 16500873

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: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Full view of folio 20v; four standing portraits including Asaf Han 15911447

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
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Type: belge
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Main Title: The reader (Louvre, OA 7109) | Image Title: Detail 24081577

Date: 1600 | 1630 | c. 1600-1630
Publication Date: 1600 | 1630 | c. 1600-1630
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | borders (ornamental areas) | composite drawings | reading | musicians | Islamic art | 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 21736292

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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1936 news clippings

Date: 1936
Publication Date: 1936
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: History of American University in Cairo | more | less
Language: English
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (British Library, IO Islamic 3540) | Image Title: ff. 1b-2a: Solomon and Bilqis enthroned, a double-page illustration 20331116

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1580 | 1600 | ca. 1590
Publication Date: 1580 | 1600 | ca. 1590
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | poetry | Persian | painted manuscripts | Islamic art | history in art | fantasy in art | epics | nastaʻliq | 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 17719222

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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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 51v (TMoCA) | Image Title: f. 51v: Faridun and Manuchihr receive an envoy from Salm and Tur 19303784

Author: 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) | Islamic art | rulers | thrones | plumes | courtiers | elephants | gifts | tents | horses | streams | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Portrait of a girl wearing a Chagatai headdress | Image Title: Full view 21736191

Author: attributed to Abu'l Hasan, fl 1600-30, Indian (Artist)
Date: 1550 | 1600 | late 16th century
Publication Date: 1550 | 1600 | late 16th century
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | portraits | headdresses | feathers | cushions | carpets | courts (social groups) | women | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khusraw va Shirin (Rylands, Persian MS 6) | Image Title: f. 37b: Farhad carrying Shirin on horseback over his shoulders 20330644

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date: 1421 | 1530 | c. 1421 (written); 1530 (illustrated and illuminated)
Publication Date: 1421 | 1530 | c. 1421 (written); 1530 (illustrated and illuminated)
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | illuminations | nasta'liq | poetry | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Full view of folio 12v; calligraphy in Nasta'līq, border with figural motifs 15911454

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: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Full view of folio 171v; Bahram Gur in the Black Pavilion 16198915

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: Anwar-i Suhaili (Banares BKB 9069) | Image Title: Full view of folio 208 (9069/24); A fisherman presenting a fish to the king, by Jagannath 14899559

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Minto Album (Chester Beatty Library MS. 7 / V&A IM.25-1925) | Image Title: Zebra (Detail view) 22112812

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: Anwar-i Suhaili (Banares BKB 9069) | Image Title: Full view of folio number 9069/16; A camel rider rescuing the snake from fire 14899562

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
Library: Digital Library of the Middle East
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Main Title: Minto Album (Chester Beatty Library MS. 7 / V&A IM.25-1925) | Image Title: fl. 4a: Jahangir Celebrates Holi (Full view) (Chester Beatty Library, 7A.4) 24216219

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: Shahnama (Chester Beatty, Per 104) | Image Title: f. 25: Rustam pulls the Khagun of Chin from his elephant 20330590

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1300 | ca. 1300
Publication Date: 1300 | ca. 1300
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | illuminations | poetry | epics | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Page from a royal album of Shah Jahan (V&A IM.120A-1921) | Image Title: Detail view of center calligraphy panel ; for reverse side of folio, see IM.120-1921 16198981

Author: Sa'di, ca. 610-691 AH, Iranian (Author) | Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi, fl. 1453-1519, d. 1520 (Calligrapher)
Date: 1600 | 1650 | First half 17th century
Publication Date: 1600 | 1650 | First half 17th century
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: calligraphy | illuminations | borders (ornamental areas) | flowers | floral motifs | goats | 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, lines of verse from the Gulistan 20331938

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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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 21006752

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: Bathing maidens (HAM, 2011.539) | Image Title: 23044286

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date: 1410 | ca. 1410
Publication Date: 1410 | ca. 1410
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | manuscripts | illustrations | poetry | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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al-Fatāwá al-kubrá al-fiqhīyah / lil-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah wa-al-baḥr al-fahạmah Ibn Ḥajar al-Makkī al-Haythamī ʻafā Allāh ʻanhu wa-jaʻala maqarrihi al-jannah. Wa-bi-hāmishihī fatāwá Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥamzah al-Ramlī ;tarjamat al-shaykh Ibn Ḥajar.

Author: Ibn Ḥajar al-Haythamī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, approXimately 1503-approXimately 1566, author.
Date: [1938]
Publication Date: [1938]
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Fatwas--Early works to 1800/ Islamic law/ Shafiites. | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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Main Title: Guy u Chawgan (National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg, Dorn 441) | Image Title: Full view, (unidentified folio) 17932741

Author: Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian, Mir Musavvir, act. Tabriz, 1510-1548, India c. 1555, Iranian, Aqa Mirak, fl. Tabriz c. 1520-1555, Mashhad c. 1555-1565, Qazvin 1565-1575(?), d. before 1576, Iranian, Dust Muhammad, 1490-1565, Iranian (Artist) | Tahmasp I, Shah, r. 1524-1576 (Calligrapher)
Date: 1524 | 1525 | 1524–1525/930 AH
Publication Date: 1524 | 1525 | 1524–1525/930 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Persian | Islamic art | polo | horsemanship | horsemen | horses | sports | poetry | mysticism | divans | painted manuscripts | painting | miniatures (paintings) | figures (representations) | human figures | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: f. 49a: Jahangir receives Prince Khurram on his return from the Deccan, 10 October 1617 (painted by Murar), detail 22395827

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: Haft Awrang (Washington DC, Freer F1946.12) | Image Title: f. 298a: Iskandar suffers a nosebleed and is laid to rest (detail) 10898795

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: Minto Album (Chester Beatty Library MS. 7 / V&A IM.25-1925) | Image Title: Detail view of a painting of Shah Jahan by Bichitr (IM.17-1925) 16500931

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: Zafarnameh (Golestan Palace Library, 708) | Image Title: Mourners lament the death of Timur (full view) 17932785

Author: attributed to Bihzad, Persian painter, calligrapher, ca. 1450-1535/1536 (Artist) | Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, d. 1454/858 AH (Author) | Sultan Muhammad Nur, Persian calligrapher, active early 16th century (Calligrapher)
Date: 1529
Publication Date: 1529
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | histories | more | less
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Main Title: Falnama (Chester Beatty MS 395) | Image Title: 'Ali and Muhammad taking the fortress of Khaibar (?) 21092330

Author: Jafar al-Sadik, b. Madina, ca. 699 - d. 765 / ca. 80 - 148 AH, Arabian, Saudi Arabian (Author)
Date: 1550 | 1565 | mid-1550s – early 1560s
Publication Date: 1550 | 1565 | mid-1550s – early 1560s
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | prophets | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Full view of folio 12r; The old woman complaining to Sultan Sanjar 14174643

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: Shahnama (Chester Beatty 277) | Image Title: f.12: The Simurgh carrying the infant Zal to her nest (detail) 22395957

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author) | Sadiqi, b. Tabriz, 1533-4/941 AH; d. Isfahan, 1609-10/1019 AH, Iranian (Illustrator) | Riza-'i 'Abbasi, Aqa, b. ?Kashan, ca. 1570/978 AH - d. ?Isfahan, 1635/1045 AH, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1587 | 1597 | 1587-1597
Publication Date: 1587 | 1597 | 1587-1597
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: calligraphy | paintings | heroes | epics | poetry | landscapes (representations) | miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | animals | more | less
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 328a (private collection) | Image Title: f. 328a: Bizhan slays Natihan and stems the Turanian raid (detail) 23040995

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 | combat | heroes | equestrian figures | horses | caparisons | night | moon | wounds and injuries | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (MFA, 60.634) | Image Title: Manizha entertains Bizhan 23041044

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1475 | 1499 | late 15th century
Publication Date: 1475 | 1499 | late 15th century
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illustrations (layout features) | 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: Full view of "Shah Jahan and his sons on a globe" (CBL In 07A.10) 16500892

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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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 183v; Bahram Gur in the Red Pavilion 16198922

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: Khavaran Nama, dispersed (Gulistan Palace Library, MS 5750) | Image Title: The Maiden Golandam and a man in love with her (detail) 16697216

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
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (BL, Or 2265) | Image Title: Detail view, f. 166r: Majnun with the animals in the desert 22348941

Author: Mir Sayyid 'Ali, b. c. 1510, d. Mecca after 1572, Iranian (Artist) | Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date: 1539 | 1543 | 1539-1543
Publication Date: 1539 | 1543 | 1539-1543
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | poetry | painted manuscripts | illustrations | miniatures (paintings) | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Second Small Shahnama (Sotheby's, 4.6.2011 ) | Image Title: Detail 20331240

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1275 | 1325 | Late 13th or early 14th century
Publication Date: 1275 | 1325 | Late 13th or early 14th century
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | epics | kings and rulers | heroes | Islamic art | battles | Mongol (culture or style) | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khusraw va Shirin (Rylands, Persian MS 6) | Image Title: f. 37b: Khusru carrying Shirin on horseback over his shoulders (full view) 17719260

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date: 1421 | 1530 | c. 1421 (written); 1530 (illustrated and illuminated)
Publication Date: 1421 | 1530 | c. 1421 (written); 1530 (illustrated and illuminated)
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | illuminations | nasta'liq | poetry | Islamic art | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Kalila wa Dimna (TSK H. 362) | Image Title: Full view of folio 75v; The greedy wolf 14174571

Author: Bidpai, Indian (Author)
Date: 1430 | 1431 | 1430–1431 / 834 AH
Publication Date: 1430 | 1431 | 1430–1431 / 834 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | folklore | fables | human figures | animals | animals in human situations | animal fighting | Persian | Medieval | painted manuscripts | painting | manuscripts | Islamic art | education | more | less
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Type: belge
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1931 news clippings

Date: 1931
Publication Date: 1931
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: History of American University in Cairo | more | less
Language: English
Type: belge
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 5v; portrait of a youth with a flower and book 15911472

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
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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, medallion 20331931

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: Jami' al-tawarikh (London, Khalili Collection Mss. 727) | Image Title: f. 45a: Noah's Ark 20330607

Author: Rashid al-Din, 1247-1318/645-718, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1314 | 1314 / 714 AH
Publication Date: 1314 | 1314 / 714 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | Arabic language | Persian | inscriptions | inscriptions, Arabic | human figures | Islamic art | painted manuscripts | histories | history in art | Buddhas | Buddhist art and symbolism | Chinese | Bible stories | Biblical events | Koran | more | less
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Type: belge
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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: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: Full view of folio 46b; the submission of Rana Amar Singh 16696753

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: Shahnama (Chester Beatty 277) | Image Title: f. 3b: The Simurgh assisting the birth of Rustam (detail) 21092250

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author) | Sadiqi, b. Tabriz, 1533-4/941 AH; d. Isfahan, 1609-10/1019 AH, Iranian (Illustrator) | Riza-'i 'Abbasi, Aqa, b. ?Kashan, ca. 1570/978 AH - d. ?Isfahan, 1635/1045 AH, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1587 | 1597 | 1587-1597
Publication Date: 1587 | 1597 | 1587-1597
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: calligraphy | paintings | heroes | epics | poetry | landscapes (representations) | miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | animals | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 715b (NY Met, 1970.301.74) | Image Title: f. 715b: Bahram Chubina slays the Lion-Ape (detail) 17932502

Author: attributed to 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) | epics | poetry | illustrations (layout features) | 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 20330020

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: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Full view of folio 14r; Haftvad and the worm 15881734

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: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: General view: f. 23r: Khan-i Khanan (upper-left); unknown seated figure (upper-right); Rao Bhara (lower-left); Gam (lower-right) 20329952

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: Gulistan of Sa'di (Sotheby's, 4.6.2011) | Image Title: Detail (lot 75, bottom margin) 22349306

Author: Sa'di, ca. 610-691 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1540 | ca. 1525-1540
Publication Date: 1525 | 1540 | ca. 1525-1540
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | poetry | calligraphy | borders (ornamental areas) | imaginary creatures | Simurghs | dragons | qilin | foxes | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Kalila wa Dimna (NY Met, 1981.373) | Image Title: Full view of a folio entitled, "Kalila visits the imprisoned Dimna" (1981.373.50) 16697314

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
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f.586a (Met, 1970.301.65) | Image Title: Full view, "Bahram Gur slays the Rhino-Wolf," (folio 586r) 16198865

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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Main Title: 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Chester Beatty, MS. Pers. 212) | Image Title: f.? (detail) 21006865

Author: al-Qazwini, b. Qazvin ca. 1203/600 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1545 | c. 1545
Publication Date: 1545 | c. 1545
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | borders (ornamental areas) | nasta'liq | cosmography | geography | natural history | fantasy in art | more | less
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Main Title: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: General view; Prince Khurram attacking a lion (Windsor Padshahnama f.135b; RCIN 1005025.ae) 20330084

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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Main Title: Guy u Chawgan (National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg, Dorn 441) | Image Title: Full view, (unidentified folio) 17932740

Author: Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian, Mir Musavvir, act. Tabriz, 1510-1548, India c. 1555, Iranian, Aqa Mirak, fl. Tabriz c. 1520-1555, Mashhad c. 1555-1565, Qazvin 1565-1575(?), d. before 1576, Iranian, Dust Muhammad, 1490-1565, Iranian (Artist) | Tahmasp I, Shah, r. 1524-1576 (Calligrapher)
Date: 1524 | 1525 | 1524–1525/930 AH
Publication Date: 1524 | 1525 | 1524–1525/930 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Persian | Islamic art | polo | horsemanship | horsemen | horses | sports | poetry | mysticism | divans | painted manuscripts | painting | miniatures (paintings) | figures (representations) | human figures | more | less
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