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Main Title: Panj Ganj of Jami (Golestan, 709) | Image Title: Yusuf entering the ladies' gathering arranged by Zuleikha (right side of a double-page composition, detail) 20331654

Author: Jami, 1414-1492/817-898 AH, Afghan (Author)
Date: 1522
Publication Date: 1522
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | borders (ornamental areas) | floral motifs | animals | Islamic art | 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. 166r: Majnun with the animals in the desert 22348943

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: Haft Awrang (Washington DC, Freer F1946.12) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 65a, "Bandits attack the caravan of Aynie and Ria" 17199623

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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Date: 888-889 CE
Publication Date: 888-889 CE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
Subject: Receipt,Tax,Letter | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 295a (Private collection) | Image Title: f. 295a: Rustam recovers Rakhsh from Afrasiyab's herd 18551044

Author: Mirza 'Ali, b. c. 1510, d. before 1576, 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) | Rustam | Afrasiyab | Rakhsh | illustrations (layout features) | epics | poetry | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Great Mongol Shahnama (HAM 1958.288) | Image Title: Rustam shoots Isfandiyar with a double arrow (full view) 15911307

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
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f.44b | Image Title: f. 44b: Faridun receives a message from Salm and Tur (full view) 13615481

Author: attributed to Qasim ibn Ali, fl. late 15th cent., Iranian, Sultan Muhammad, Persian illustrator and court artist, active ca. 1505-1550 (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 | heroes | kings and rulers | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khusraw va Shirin (Rylands, Persian MS 6) | Image Title: f. 60a: Death of Khosrow 23038689

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 (NY Met, 1981.373) | Image Title: Full view of a folio entitled "The ascetic finds his son alive in his crib" (1981.373.80) 16697327

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 6r; illuminated frame with figural motifs 15881786

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: Divan of Hafiz, Incident in a mosque (HUAM, 1999.300.2) | Image Title: Detail; bottom-center margin; two clerics in discussion 10898683

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: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 367b (NY Met, 1970.301.48) | Image Title: f. 367b: Night battle of Kay Khusrow with Afrasiyab 19303722

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Anthology of Persian and Arabic Poetry (Chester Beatty, Per 124) | Image Title: Vol. I, f. 213b-214: a folio from a double-page illustration of a battle between the forces of Iskandar and Dara 20331906

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani, Jalal al-Din Rumi, 1207/604 AH -1273/672 AH, Turkish, Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, 1253-1325/651-725 AH, Indian, Al-Busiri, Sharaf al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Sa'id b. Hammad al-Sanhadj, 1212 - ca. 1294-7 / 608 - ca. 694-696 AH, Egyptian, 'Attar, Farid al-Din, 540-618 AH, Iranian, Sa'di, ca. 610-691 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1435 | 1436 | c. 838-40 A.H./1435-36 A.D.
Publication Date: 1435 | 1436 | c. 838-40 A.H./1435-36 A.D.
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | poetry | Persian | floral motifs | kings and rulers | lovers | battles | ethics | mysticism | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Blue Qur'an | Image Title: General view 21735877

Date: 860 | 940 | Early 9th-late 10th cent.
Publication Date: 860 | 940 | Early 9th-late 10th cent.
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Koran | Islam | religious texts | dyes | Arabic language | Arabic alphabet | kufic | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Kulliyat of Khvaju Kirmani, (BL, Add. 18113) | Image Title: f. 40v: Humay and Humayun with surrounding courtiers (detail) 10898421

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: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 341b (AKM497) | Image Title: f. 341b: The first joust of the rooks (rukhs); Fariburz and Kalbad (Gulbad) 23044401

Author: attributed to Shaykh Muhammad, d. c. 1588, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1540 | ca. 1540
Publication Date: 1540 | ca. 1540
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | epics | poetry | manuscripts | 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) 23044324

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
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Type: belge
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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 22348933

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: Gulistan of Sa'di (Sotheby's, 4.6.2011) | Image Title: Full page (lot 74) 22349276

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: 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Chester Beatty, MS. Pers. 212) | Image Title: f. ?: Detail 21006858

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Poet disappointed by his friend (Private collection, Japan) | Image Title: Detail 23901772

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. 18v: Humay arrives at the gate of Humayun’s castle (detail) 19304562

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: Anthology of Persian and Arabic Poetry (Chester Beatty, Per 124) | Image Title: Vol. I, f. 297b: Iskandar lying sick in the midst of his womenfolk, officers, and physicians 20331910

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani, Jalal al-Din Rumi, 1207/604 AH -1273/672 AH, Turkish, Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, 1253-1325/651-725 AH, Indian, Al-Busiri, Sharaf al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Sa'id b. Hammad al-Sanhadj, 1212 - ca. 1294-7 / 608 - ca. 694-696 AH, Egyptian, 'Attar, Farid al-Din, 540-618 AH, Iranian, Sa'di, ca. 610-691 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1435 | 1436 | c. 838-40 A.H./1435-36 A.D.
Publication Date: 1435 | 1436 | c. 838-40 A.H./1435-36 A.D.
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | poetry | Persian | floral motifs | kings and rulers | lovers | battles | ethics | mysticism | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Kulliyat of Khvaju Kirmani, (BL, Add. 18113) | Image Title: f. 23r: Defeated Humayun removes her helmet before making up the quarrel (detail) 19304559

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: Shahnama (Birmingham U., Persan 9) | Image Title: f. 161r: Rustam removes the stone from the mouth of Bizhan's pit 20330943

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
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (Chester Beatty, Per 214) | Image Title: General view, f. 164, Vol. I: The murder of Siyavush by order of Afrasiyab 21006844

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1548 | c. 1548
Publication Date: 1548 | c. 1548
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | borders (ornamental areas) | illuminations | inscriptions | poetry | Persian | nasta'liq | epics | kings and rulers | heroes | Islamic art | 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 monkey escape to the safety of the fig tree" (1981.373.76) 16697330

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: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: f. 4v: Four portraits. Han Handisi (top left); Abd Allah Han (top right); Satar Han Kalawa (bottom left); Abd al Wahab (bottom right) (detail) 24470114

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: Shahnama (Royal Collection, London, RCIN 1005013) | Image Title: f. 39b: Kay Khusraw, Farangis, and Giv Crossing the River Jihun (Oxus) 20331009

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1585 | ca. 1585
Publication Date: 1585 | ca. 1585
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: The reader (Louvre, OA 7109) | Image Title: Detail 24081578

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: Shah Tahmasp Shahnama, f.611b (Tehran) | Image Title: f. 611v: Nushirvan stopped by a water trench before Halab 19303744

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 | miniatures (paintings) | trenches | waterways | armies | horses | equestrian figures | 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 16198872

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: Kalila wa Dimna (NY Met, 1981.373) | Image Title: Full view of a folio entitled, "The Lioness counsels her son" (1981.373.47) 16697315

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: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 170v; Bahram Gur in the Green Pavilion 14174645

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: Shah Tahmasp Shahnama, f.602v (NY Met, 1970.301.68) | Image Title: f. 602v: Nushirvan promulgates his reform (detail) 19303772

Author: attributed to Muzaffar 'Ali, Persian painter, calligrapher, and illustrator, died ca. 1576 (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 | shahnama | epics | kings and rulers | gardens | thrones | writing | fountains | pomegranates | fences | gates | blue-and-white | crowns | plumes | aigrettes | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Gulistan of Sa'di (Sotheby's, 4.6.2011) | Image Title: Detail (lot 74) 22349263

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: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: Full view of folio 176b; Khan Dawran receiving the heads of Jujhar Singh and his son Bikramajit 16696725

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 (Rylands Library, Persian MS 932) | Image Title: f. 510a: Nushirwan and the grey-bearded Indian envoy with his puzzles (attributed to Painter B) 20330654

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1542 | 1542/949 AH
Publication Date: 1542 | 1542/949 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | Persian | painted manuscripts | poetry | nasta'liq | epics | kings and rulers | battles | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Gulistan of Sa'di (Chester Beatty, MS. Pers. 119) | Image Title: General view, f. 14: A pupil ignominiously vanquished in a wrestling match after having impudently challenged his master 20331917

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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Manuscript No. 39: Psalter

Date: 15th/16th Century
Publication Date: 15th/16th Century
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: 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Chester Beatty, MS. Pers. 212) | Image Title: f.108b: Fauna of the island of Java; tree-dwellers (detail) 21006864

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
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 17719239

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. 30: Ritual Book

Date: 1825
Publication Date: 1825
Publication Place: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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Main Title: Unidentified text (Sackler, S1986.281) | Image Title: Sulayman and Bilqis Enthroned (full view) 22350210

Date: 1590 | 1600 | c. 1590-1600
Publication Date: 1590 | 1600 | c. 1590-1600
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | borders (ornamental areas) | floral motifs | kings and rulers | enthronements | angels | Simurgh | Solomon, King | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama of Isma'il II (Aga Khan, AKM101) | Image Title: Piran confers with Kamus and the Khaqan of Chin (detail) 21006878

Author: attributed to Siyavush, Persian illustrator, ca. 1536-before 1616 (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1577 | ca. 1577
Publication Date: 1577 | ca. 1577
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: kings and rulers | epics | warriors | mythology | Islamic art | poetry | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp Shahnama, f. 96v (TMoCA) | Image Title: f. 96v: Shah Nauzar embrases Sam (detail) 23044318

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 | shahnama | epics | kings and rulers | princes | thrones | baldachins (canopies) | horses | guards | flowers | illuminations | arabesques | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 299a (DMA, K.1.2014.774) | Image Title: f. 299b: Bizhan slaughters the wild boars of Irman 16696857

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: manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | epics | poetry | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: f. 194b: Jahangir receives Prince Khurram on his return from the Mewar campaign, Ajmer, Diwan-i 'Amm, 19 February 1615 22395834

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: Divan of Anvari (HAM, 1960.117) | Image Title: f. 198r: The poet's journey, or A prince hawking in the countryside with a city in the background (attributed to 'Abd al-Samad, detail) 23038697

Date: 1526 | 1588 | ca. 1526-1588
Publication Date: 1526 | 1588 | ca. 1526-1588
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | poetry | Persian | nasta'liq | borders (ornamental areas) | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Noi et l'Egitto

Author: Bigiavi, Edoardo D.
Date: 1911
Publication Date: 1911
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Egypt -- Foreign relations -- Italy. Italians -- Egypt. Great Britain -- Relations -- Egypt. Egypt -- Relations -- Great Britain. Italy -- Relations -- Egypt. | more | less
Language: Italian
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khosraw va Shirin (V&A, MSL/1885/364) | Image Title: f. 34: Shapur showing the portrait of Khosraw to Shirin 20331123

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author) | Riza-'i 'Abbasi, Aqa, b. ?Kashan, ca. 1570/978 AH - d. ?Isfahan, 1635/1045 AH, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1632 | 1632 (1680 published)
Publication Date: 1632 | 1632 (1680 published)
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: poetry | calligraphy | heroes | kings | lovers | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Anthology of Persian and Arabic Poetry (Chester Beatty, Per 124) | Image Title: Vol. I, f. 172: The charger of Bahram Gur left in the care of an attendant at the Blue Palace 20331905

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani, Jalal al-Din Rumi, 1207/604 AH -1273/672 AH, Turkish, Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, 1253-1325/651-725 AH, Indian, Al-Busiri, Sharaf al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Sa'id b. Hammad al-Sanhadj, 1212 - ca. 1294-7 / 608 - ca. 694-696 AH, Egyptian, 'Attar, Farid al-Din, 540-618 AH, Iranian, Sa'di, ca. 610-691 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1435 | 1436 | c. 838-40 A.H./1435-36 A.D.
Publication Date: 1435 | 1436 | c. 838-40 A.H./1435-36 A.D.
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | poetry | Persian | floral motifs | kings and rulers | lovers | battles | ethics | mysticism | Islamic art | 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: f. 16b: Calligraphy by Mir 'Ali (Detail view) 16696685

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: Haft Awrang (Washington DC, Freer F1946.12) | Image Title: f. 298a: Iskandar suffers a nosebleed and is laid to rest (detail) 10898792

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: Gulistan of Sa'di (Chester Beatty, MS. Pers. 119) | Image Title: General view, f. 36b: A lady offering a goblet of water to a young Sa'di outside a house of orange vermillion brick 20331929

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: Second Small Shahnama (Sotheby's, 4.6.2011 ) | Image Title: Bizhan slays the wild boar in the lands of Irman (full view) 20331228

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: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 638a (Ebrahimi Family Foundation) | Image Title: f. 638a: Khusrow I Nushirvan receives an embassy from the Raja of Hind (detail) 18551035

Author: attributed to Mirza 'Ali, b. c. 1510, d. before 1576, 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: Shahnama (B.W. Robinson, private collection) | Image Title: Qubad and the nobleman's daughter, his future wife and mother of Khosrau I Anushirvan 20331058

Author: attributed to Muhammad Qasim, 1659, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1630 | c. 1630
Publication Date: 1630 | c. 1630
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | poetry | epics | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (British Library Or. 2931) | Image Title: f. 284b: Bahram Gur with the Russian Princess in the Red Pavilion 20330718

Date: 1474
Publication Date: 1474
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Persian | Islamic art | poetry | epics | fables | folklore | kings | princesses | courtly love | courts (social groups) | courtship | Moorish | South Asians | hunting | horsemanship | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (NYPL, Pers. ms. 2) | Image Title: f. 182: Rustam ensnares Kamus in his noose (detail) 23044216

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: Khamsa of Nizami (BL, Or 2265) | Image Title: General view, f. 195r: Night journey of the Prophet 22348946

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: Divan of Shahi (Chester Beatty, MS Per 257) | Image Title: f. 3b-4a: Young prince seated in a garden listening to a recitation of Shahi's Divan; double-page frontispiece (full view) 21736313

Author: Amir Shahi (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1575 | mid 16th century
Publication Date: 1525 | 1575 | mid 16th century
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: poetry | calligraphy | Islamic art | more | less
Language: Undetermined
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 20331930

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: Haft Awrang (Washington DC, Freer F1946.12) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 230b, "Qays first glimpses Layli" 17199716

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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