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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) 16696683

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
Library: Digital Library of the Middle East
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Main Title: Second Small Shahnama (Sotheby's, 4.6.2011 ) | Image Title: Detail 20331239

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
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 24v; elephant with two guards, border with birds 15911464

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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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 367b (NY Met, 1970.301.48) | Image Title: f. 367b: Night battle of Kay Khusrow with Afrasiyab (detail) 19303723

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) | combat | equestrian figures | horses | trumpets | spears | shields | Rustam | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (Cleveland Art Museum, 1945.169, 1956.10) | Image Title: Royal reception in a landscape (right side of a double-page frontispiece) 20329619

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1444 | ca. 1444
Publication Date: 1444 | ca. 1444
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | picnics | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 654a (Private collection) | Image Title: f. 654a: Nushirvan records his counsel for Hurmuzd 19303776

Author: attributed to Muzaffar 'Ali, fl. late 1520s - 1570, Iranian (Artist) | 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 | miniatures (paintings) | thrones | baldachins (canopies) | streams | writing | courtiers | natural landscapes | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 48b (Cincinnati Art Museum, 1985.87) | Image Title: Detail view; lower-left margin; Tur beheading Iraj in a tent 13615483

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
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Hādhā sifr badīʻ jalīl wa-majmūʻ gharīb qalīl al-mathīl iḥtawá ʻalá thalāthat kutub : min gharāʼib al-muʼallafāt al-ṣādirah ʻan fikrat ʻulamāʼ ajillah bālighīn aʻlá al-kamālāt awalluhā Tahāfut al-falāsifah lil-Imām al-Ghazzālī wa-thānīhā Tahāfut al-falāsifah lil-Imām Ibn Rushd al-Andalusī al-Māliki ... wa-thālithuhā Tahāfut al-falāsifah lil-ʻallāmah Khūjahzādah ...

Author: Ghazzālī, 1058-1111. Tahāfut al-falāsifah.
Date: 1321 H. [1903]
Publication Date: 1321 H. [1903]
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Ghazzālī,--1058-1111--Tahāfut al-falāsifah/ Averroës,--1126-1198--Tahāfut al-falāsifah/ Khwājahʹzādah, Muṣṭafá ibn Yūsuf,---1487 or 1488.--Tahāfut al-falāsifah. | more | less
Language: Arabic
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) 23044315

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: Khamsa of Nizami (BL, Or 2265) | Image Title: Detail view, f. 202v: Bahram Gur exhibiting his hunting prowess by shooting an ass and a lion with one arrow before Fitneh 22348970

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: Divan of Hafiz, Incident in a mosque (HUAM, 1999.300.2) | Image Title: Detail view 17719226

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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Type: belge
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Full view of folio 23v; calligraphy in Nasta'līq, border with figural motifs 15911486

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: Page from a royal album of Shah Jahan (V&A IM.120A-1921) | Image Title: Detail view, lower right corner including Jahangir's seal ; for reverse side of folio, see IM.120-1921 16199039

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: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 20v (Aga Khan Museum, AKM165) | Image Title: f. 20b: The court of Gayumars 16697224

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: Kulliyat of Khvaju Kirmani, (BL, Add. 18113) | Image Title: f. 18v: Humay arrives at the gate of Humayun’s castle (detail) 19304560

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: Royal hunt (private collection) | Image Title: Right side of a double-page frontispiece (full page) 21736261

Author: attributed to Ali-Asghar Tafreshi, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1576 | 1577 | 1576-1577
Publication Date: 1576 | 1577 | 1576-1577
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | hunting | frontispieces (illustrations) | more | less
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Main Title: Shahnama (British Library, IO Islamic 3540) | Image Title: f. 44r: Zāl embracing Rudābah 20331215

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: Shahnama (Birmingham U., Persan 9) | Image Title: f. 142r: Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his elephant by lasso 20330778

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1501 | 1699 | 16th-17th c.
Publication Date: 1501 | 1699 | 16th-17th c.
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | poetry | epics | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f.180b | Image Title: Detail view, "Siyavush plays polo before Afrasiyab," (folio 180v) 17932452

Author: Mir Musavvir, act. Tabriz, 1510-1548, India c. 1555, Iranian, Painter B, 16th c., Iranian, attributed to Qasim ibn Ali Qasim ibn Ali, fl. late 15th cent., Iranian fl. late 15th cent., 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) | poetry | kings and rulers | Islamic art | history in art | shahnama | epics | heroes | battles | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 21r; two standing portraits: a painter and a calligrapher (above), two seated painters at work (below) 15911361

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) 22349256

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: Shahnama (Patna, Khuda Bakhsh Library Cat.1, HL 358) | Image Title: General view; f. 15v, Gayumars Enthroned 16500871

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: Divan of Hafiz, Incident in a mosque (HUAM, 1999.300.2) | Image Title: Detail view 17719225

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: Poet disappointed by his friend (Private collection, Japan) | Image Title: Detail 23901774

Author: attributed to Basawan, fl. ca. 1556-1600, Indian (Artist) | Amir Shahi (Author)
Date: 1595 | circa 1595
Publication Date: 1595 | circa 1595
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: illuminations | poetry | poets | fountains | drinking cups | courtiers | palaces | receptions | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Kulliyat of Khvaju Kirmani, (BL, Add. 18113) | Image Title: f. 64v; 'Ali threatens his attacker with a sword (detail) 19304547

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: Great Mongol Shahnama (HUAM 1960.190) | Image Title: Detail view of verso (full view of painting), "Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf" 15911315

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) | Islamic art | epics | heroes | warriors | wolves | Bahram-i Gur | kings and rulers | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Jami' al-tawarikh (London, Khalili Collection Mss. 727) | Image Title: f. 34a: Shakyamuni offering fruit to the devil 20330605

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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Main Title: Kalila wa Dimna (NY Met, 1981.373) | Image Title: Full view of a folio entitled, "The poor man apprehends the thief" (1981.373.15) 16697354

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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Type: belge
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Main Title: Anwar-i Suhaili (Banares BKB 9069) | Image Title: Full view of folio 25 (9069/5); The story of two pigeons, by Jagannath 14899550

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: Khamsa of Nizami (BL, Or 2265) | Image Title: Detail view, f. 195r: Night journey of the Prophet 22348959

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (British Library Or. 12208) | Image Title: Full view of folio 150 (verso) from Laylā u Majnūn; Majnūn stroking a tiger in the wilderness 16036710

Date: 1595
Publication Date: 1595
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | borders (ornamental areas) | Persian | nastaʻliq | battles | kings and rulers | epics | folklore | poetry | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (Patna, Khuda Bakhsh Library Cat.1, HL 358) | Image Title: f. 435r: Bahram Gur shows his prowess at hunting (detail) 16500829

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: Kalila wa Dimna (NY Met, 1981.373) | Image Title: Full view of a folio entitled, "The hare, the lion, and the well" (1981.373.35) 16697347

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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Type: belge
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Full view of folio 8r; (top left): the Resurrection; (top right): Christ in Limbo; (below): flaying of Marsyas 15881788

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: Haft Awrang (Washington DC, Freer F1946.12) | Image Title: Full view of folio 29b, "A depraved man commits bestiality and is berated by Satan" 17199646

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: Khamsa of Nizami (BL, Or 2265) | Image Title: Detail view, f. 202v: Bahram Gur exhibiting his hunting prowess by shooting an ass and a lion with one arrow before Fitneh 22348965

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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Main Title: Guy u Chawgan (National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg, Dorn 441) | Image Title: Full view 17932750

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
Library: Digital Library of the Middle East
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Main Title: Majma' al-tavarikh (HAM, 1960.184) | Image Title: The Prophet Muhammad converts Abu Bakr (detail) 20331595

Author: Hafiz-i Abru, d. 1430/833 AH (Author)
Date: 1425 | 1430 | c. 1425-1430
Publication Date: 1425 | 1430 | c. 1425-1430
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | Islamic art | religious figures | religious history | Islam | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (BL, Or 2265) | Image Title: Detail view, f.77b: Khusraw listening to Barbad playing the oud, by Mirza Ali 18551028

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (Princeton, Firestone Library, MS 77G) | Image Title: Full view, "Majnun in the desert," (folio 144a) 16500716

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: The reader (Louvre, OA 7109) | Image Title: Detail 24081575

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (British Library, IO Islamic 3540) | Image Title: f. 225r: Combat of Rustam and Barzu 20331216

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Haft Awrang (Washington DC, Freer F1946.12) | Image Title: f. 146b, "The gnostic has a vision of angels carrying trays of light to the poet Sa'di" (detail) 17199735

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (NYPL, Pers. ms. 2) | Image Title: f. 334: Isfandiyar's third exploit: he battles a dragon (detail) 23044217

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1825 | 1925 | After 1825, probably ca. 1900-1925
Publication Date: 1825 | 1925 | After 1825, probably ca. 1900-1925
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illustrations | painted manuscripts | epics | poetry | copies (derivative objects) | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Tansen of Gwalior | Image Title: 14174497

Date: 1585 | 1590 | ca. 1585-1590
Publication Date: 1585 | 1590 | ca. 1585-1590
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | portraits | musicians | daggers (weapons) | male figures | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Great Mongol Shahnama (HUAM 1960.190) | Image Title: Detail view of verso (full view of painting), "Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf" 15911313

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) | Islamic art | epics | heroes | warriors | wolves | Bahram-i Gur | kings and rulers | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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1917 news clippings

Date: 1917
Publication Date: 1917
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: Gulistan of Sa'di (Chester Beatty, MS. Pers. 119) | Image Title: General view, f. 3: Sa'di and his teacher conversing by night in a garden 20331920

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: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: General view: f. 12r: Battle at sea 20329968

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 of folio 12r 15881750

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: Great Mongol Shahnama (HUAM 1960.190) | Image Title: Detail view of verso, "Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf" 15911317

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) | Islamic art | epics | heroes | warriors | wolves | Bahram-i Gur | kings and rulers | 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 1r; calligraphy in Nasta'līq framed by smaller inscriptions; border with figural motifs 15911461

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, f. 32b: The poet, nude to the waist, in a courtyard of a castle making vain attempts to collect stones from the frozen ground to keep attacking dogs at bay 20331932

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: Majma' al-tavarikh (HAM, 1960.184) | Image Title: The Prophet Muhammad converts Abu Bakr (detail) 20331597

Author: Hafiz-i Abru, d. 1430/833 AH (Author)
Date: 1425 | 1430 | c. 1425-1430
Publication Date: 1425 | 1430 | c. 1425-1430
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | Islamic art | religious figures | religious history | Islam | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Haft Awrang (Washington DC, Freer F1946.12) | Image Title: f. 47b: heading folio of 2nd daftar (Silsilat al-dhahab) 17199658

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (BL, Or 2265) | Image Title: f. 157v (detail): Majnūn brought in chains by the old woman to Laylā’s tent 22348927

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Haft Awrang (Washington DC, Freer F1946.12) | Image Title: Full view of folio 131b, "Yusuf gives a royal banquet in honor of his marriage" 17199669

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Full view of folio 19r; illuminated border with figural motifs 15911448

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: Khosrow and Shirin (Louvre, OA7104) | Image Title: Shirin receives Farhad in her palace 24081612

Author: Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, 1253-1325/651-725 AH, Indian (Author)
Date: 1500 | 1525 | early 16th century
Publication Date: 1500 | 1525 | early 16th century
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illustrations (layout features) | poems | poetry | more | less
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Main Title: Tutinama (Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, MS. 21) | Image Title: f. 81r: The lion startled by the lynx family (full view) 18550933

Author: Ziya' al-Din Nakhshabi, Ziya' al-Din Nakhshabi was a 14th-century Persian physician and Sufi living in India. He is also known to have edited and added his own verses to a Persian translation called Tutinama of a Sanskrit collection. (Author)
Date: 1580 | circ. 1580
Publication Date: 1580 | circ. 1580
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: illuminated manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | storytelling | Indian (South Asian) | more | less
Language: Undetermined
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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 13615485

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
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Type: belge
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