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Main Title: Makhzan al-Asrar of Haydar Khwarazmi (Art and History Trust) | Image Title: Teymur contemplating an ant 17658872

Author: Mir 'Imad, ca. 1554-1615, Iranian (Calligrapher) | Riza-'i 'Abbasi, Aqa, b. ?Kashan, ca. 1570/978 AH - d. ?Isfahan, 1635/1045 AH, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1614
Publication Date: 1614
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: poetry | Islamic art | Sufism | more | less
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Type: belge
Library: Digital Library of the Middle East
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp Shahnama, f.629a (LACMA, M.89.55) | Image Title: f. 629a: Khusrow I Nushirvan receives an embassy for the Khaqan 19303775

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) | palaces | conversations | inscriptions | star and polygon patterns | balconies | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (NYPL, Pers. ms. 2) | Image Title: f. 104v: The fire ordeal of Siyavush (detail) 23044214

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
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Anwar-i Suhaili (Banares BKB 9069) | Image Title: f. 9: Bull introduced to the lion's court (full view) 23902090

Author: Hosein Vâ'ez Kâshefi, Iranian, Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak, d. 1602/1011 AH, Indian (Author) | Farrukh Khurd Chela, Indian, Basawan, fl. ca. 1556-1600, Indian, Manohar, fl. 1580-1620, Indian, Madho Singh, Reign dates: 1631-48, Indian, Miskin, fl. ca. 16th c., Indian, Mukund Singh, Reign dates: 1648-58, Indian (Painter)
Date: 1595 | 1597 | ca. 1595-1597
Publication Date: 1595 | 1597 | ca. 1595-1597
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | fables | folklore | Islamic art | borders (ornamental areas) | animals | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: 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 22348969

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: Kalila wa Dimna (TSK H. 362) | Image Title: Full view of folio 50r; The flying tortoise 14174565

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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Main Title: Gulistan of Sa'di (Sotheby's, 4.6.2011) | Image Title: Detail (lot 75, right margin) 22349286

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
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Main Title: Kitab al-Athar al-Baqiya 'an al-Qurun al-Khaliya (Edinburgh, MS Arab 161) | Image Title: f. 93v: Attack on the fortress of Al-Muqanna (full view) 20331292

Author: al-Biruni Abu 'l-Rayhan Muhammad b. Ahmad, 973 - after 1050 / 362 - after 442 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1307 | 1308 | 1307–1308 / 707 AH
Publication Date: 1307 | 1308 | 1307–1308 / 707 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | Persian | Biblical events | Islamic art | human figures | figures (representations) | history in art | histories | wars | kings and rulers | 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 252b, "Majnun approaches the camp of Layli's caravan" 17199708

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: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 516b (Nasser Khalili, MSS 1030) | Image Title: f. 516b: Ardashir and the slave girl Gulnar (detail) 16198856

Author: Mir Musavvir, act. Tabriz, 1510-1548, India c. 1555, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illustrations (layout features) | poetry | epics | more | less
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Type: belge
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Ḥāfiẓ wa-Shawqī/ Ṭāhā Ḥusayn.

Author: Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā, 1889-1973, author.
Date: [1933]
Publication Date: [1933]
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Ḥāfiẓ Ibrāhīm, Muḥammad, 1872?-1932. | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Full view of folio 11v; illuminated border with figural motifs, partly by Sebald Beham 15911451

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: General view: f. 6v: a Hindu ascetic (top left), a pilgrim with dog (upper right), a cat mother with five boys (lower left), a Hindu ascetic under a tree (lower right) 20329956

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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Nayl al-awṭār : sharḥ muntaqá al-akhbār min aḥādīth Sayyid al-Akhyār / li-shaykh al-imām al-mujtahid al-ʻallāmah al-rabānī qāḍī quḍāh al-Quṭr al-yamānī Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Shawkānī al-mutawaffá sanat 1255 hijriyan.

Author: Shawkānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, 1759-1839, author.
Date: [1938]
Publication Date: [1938]
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Ibn Taymīyah, ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1193 or 1194-1254 or 1255. Muntaqá fī al-aḥkām al-sharʻīyah min kalām Khayr al-barīyah./ Hadith -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Full view of folio 16r; illuminated frame with figural motifs 15881762

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 H. 781) | Image Title: f. 16a: Faridun and the gazelle (full view) 22349825

Author: Ali al-Tabrizi (Artist) | Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author) | Yusuf al-Jami (Calligrapher)
Date: 1445 | 1446 | 1445–1446 / 849 AH
Publication Date: 1445 | 1446 | 1445–1446 / 849 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | poetry | divans | Persian | Islamic art | paintings | painted manuscripts | epics | folklore | fables | courtly love | kings and rulers | more | less
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Detail view: f. 13r: a cow with a calf 20329962

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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al-Majālis al-Sanīyah fī al-kalām ʻalá al-Arbaʻīn al-Nawawīyah / lil-shaykh al-imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah wa-al-ḥabr al-baḥr al-fahhāmah sayyidnā wa-mawlānā al-shaykh Aḥmad ibn al-shaykh Ḥijāzī al-Fashnī taghammadahumā Allāh bi-al-raḥmah wa-al-ruḍwān āmīn. Wa-bi-hāmishihi kitāb al-Sabʻīyāt fī mawāʻiẓ al-barīyāt /lil-shaykh al-imām al-ajall Abī Naṣr Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Hamadhānī nafaʻanā Allāh bi-hi āmīn.

Author: Fashnī, Aḥmad ibn Ḥijāzī, author.
Date: 1343 H [1924]
Publication Date: 1343 H [1924]
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Hadith/Nawawī,1233-1277.Arbaʻūn al-Nawawīyah/ Hamdānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān.Sabʻīyāt fī mawāʻiẓ al-barīyāt. | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (Rylands Library, Persian MS 932) | Image Title: f. 64a: Rustam and the mad elephant 20330705

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
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Kulliyat of Khvaju Kirmani, (BL, Add. 18113) | Image Title: f. 3v: Prince Humay and Azar Afruz find Bihzad drunk, sleeping under a cypress tree (full view) 10898414

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: Great Mongol Shahnama (HUAM 1960.190) | Image Title: Detail view of verso (full view of painting), "Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf" 15911312

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
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp Shahnama, f. 146r (NY Met, 1970.301.22) | Image Title: f. 146r: Rustam before Kai Kavus 19303711

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 | heroes | kings and rulers | thrones | baldachins (canopies) | plumes | aigrettes | maces | Rustam | falcons | streams | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 731a (Khalili Collection, MSS 1030) | Image Title: f. 731a: Barbad conceals himself in a tree (detail) 18551058

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: 1535 | ca. 1535
Publication Date: 1535 | ca. 1535
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | gardens | musicians | 'ūds | candles | campfires | cooking | torches (lighting devices) | thrones | drinking vessels | chinese clouds | night | stars | moon | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Chester Beatty, MS. Pers. 212) | Image Title: f.109b: Tree-dwellers, buffalo, and rhinoceros on the island of Ramin (full view) 21006862

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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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 folio IM.23-1925 ; for reverse side of folio, see IM.23A-1925 16199010

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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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 328a (private collection) | Image Title: f. 328a: Bizhan slays Natihan and stems the Turanian raid (detail) 19303715

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: Khamsa of Nizami (BL, Or 2265) | Image Title: Detail view, f. 195r: Night journey of the Prophet 22348960

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: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 18b (NY Met, 1970.301.1) | Image Title: f. 18b: Firdausi's parable of the Ship of Shi'ism (detail) 18551042

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) | illustrations | epics | poetry | more | less
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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) 19303771

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: Painting and calligraphy with illuminated floral border (V&A IM.23A-1925) | Image Title: Detail view ; for reverse side of folio, see IM.23-1925 16199015

Date: 1600 | 1650 | First half 17th century
Publication Date: 1600 | 1650 | First half 17th century
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: borders (ornamental areas) | illuminations | calligraphy | flowers | floral motifs | rams | 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 22348968

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: Anthology of Persian and Arabic Poetry (Chester Beatty, Per 124) | Image Title: Vol. II, f. 66a: Khusrau Parviz, with a companion, near a stream grieving on the account of Shirin's anger (?) 20330993

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
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Main Title: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: Detail view: f. 72b: The presentation of Prince Dara-Shikoh's wedding gifts, Agra, Diwan-i 'Amm, 4 February 1633 20330083

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: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: Full view of folio 71a; The weighing of Shah Jahan on his 42nd lunar birthday 16696702

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: Poet disappointed by his friend (Private collection, Japan) | Image Title: Detail view 16036802

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: Shahnama (Patna, Khuda Bakhsh Library Cat.1, HL 358) | Image Title: General view; f. 48v unidentified hunting scene 16500877

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: Khosraw va Shirin (V&A, MSL/1885/364) | Image Title: f. 166: Khusraw at the castle of Shirin 20331124

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
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Tutinama (Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, MS. 21) | Image Title: f. 46r: The streetcleaner's pearl is stolen (full view) 18550925

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
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Kulliyat of Khvaju Kirmani, (BL, Add. 18113) | Image Title: Folio 85r; detail; lower-left margin; an old woman reproaching Sultan Malikshah ibn Arslan for allowing his soldiers to hunt her cow 10898434

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: Kalila wa Dimna (NY Met, 1981.373) | Image Title: Full view of a folio entitled, "The man who discovers the treasure has it carried away by hired workmen" (1981.373.11) 16697360

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: Minto Album (Chester Beatty Library MS. 7 / V&A IM.25-1925) | Image Title: Detail view of "Shah Jahan and his sons on a globe" (CBL In 07A.10) 16500894

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: The reader (Louvre, OA 7109) | Image Title: Detail 24081568

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: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Detail view: f. 6v 20329958

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: Guy u Chawgan (National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg, Dorn 441) | Image Title: Full view, "A polo match" 17932752

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: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 170v; Bahram Gur in the Green Pavilion 14174648

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author) | Maulana Azhar, ac.c.1450s, Afghan, Anisi (Calligrapher) | Shaykhi Shaykhi, Iranian Iranian, Darvish Muhammad, fl. c. 1475-1500, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | folklore | Persian | courtly love | courts (social groups) | Islamic architecture | painted manuscripts | kings and rulers | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Anwar-i Suhaili (Banares BKB 9069) | Image Title: Full view of folio 42 (9069/8); Ghanim carrying a lion, by Mukund 14899533

Author: Hosein Vâ'ez Kâshefi, Iranian, Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak, d. 1602/1011 AH, Indian (Author) | Farrukh Khurd Chela, Indian, Basawan, fl. ca. 1556-1600, Indian, Manohar, fl. 1580-1620, Indian, Madho Singh, Reign dates: 1631-48, Indian, Miskin, fl. ca. 16th c., Indian, Mukund Singh, Reign dates: 1648-58, Indian (Painter)
Date: 1595 | 1597 | ca. 1595-1597
Publication Date: 1595 | 1597 | ca. 1595-1597
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | fables | folklore | Islamic art | borders (ornamental areas) | animals | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: Full view of folio 174a; the capture of Orchha by imperial forces 16696689

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: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 46r; Khusraw rescues Shirin by killing a lion with his bare hands 14174640

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author) | Maulana Azhar, ac.c.1450s, Afghan, Anisi (Calligrapher) | Shaykhi Shaykhi, Iranian Iranian, Darvish Muhammad, fl. c. 1475-1500, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | folklore | Persian | courtly love | courts (social groups) | Islamic architecture | painted manuscripts | kings and rulers | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (BL, Or 2265) | Image Title: Detail view, f. 195r: Night journey of the Prophet 22348947

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: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 20v (Aga Khan Museum, AKM165) | Image Title: f. 20v: The court of Gayumars (detail); center of the painting, uppermost tip of the rock forming the throne of Gayumars 23044327

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: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 643b (TMoCA, Tehran) | Image Title: f. 643b: Battle that ended in checkmate and chess 19303747

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | ca. 1525-1530
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | ca. 1525-1530
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | battles | horses | elephants | shaffrons | spears | saddles | quivers | trumpets | archers | horse trappings | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Detail view of gilded leather binding 16198878

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author) | Maulana Azhar, ac.c.1450s, Afghan, Anisi (Calligrapher) | Shaykhi Shaykhi, Iranian Iranian, Darvish Muhammad, fl. c. 1475-1500, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Date: 1475 | 1481 | 1475-76/880 AH–1481/886 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | folklore | Persian | courtly love | courts (social groups) | Islamic architecture | painted manuscripts | kings and rulers | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 341b (AKM497) | Image Title: f. 341b: The first joust of the rooks (rukhs); Fariburz and Kalbad (Gulbad) 23044400

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: Kulliyat of Khvaju Kirmani, (BL, Add. 18113) | Image Title: Folio 85r; general view; Sultan Malikshah ibn Arslan is here accosted by an old woman who reproaches him for allowing his soldiers to hunt her cow. 10898431

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 (Rylands Library, Persian MS 932) | Image Title: f. 64a: Rustam and the mad elephant 20330704

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: Kitab al-Athar al-Baqiya 'an al-Qurun al-Khaliya (Edinburgh, MS Arab 161) | Image Title: f. 93b: The defeat of al-Muqanna (detail) 20330597

Author: al-Biruni Abu 'l-Rayhan Muhammad b. Ahmad, 973 - after 1050 / 362 - after 442 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1307 | 1308 | 1307–1308 / 707 AH
Publication Date: 1307 | 1308 | 1307–1308 / 707 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | Persian | Biblical events | Islamic art | human figures | figures (representations) | history in art | histories | wars | kings and rulers | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H762) | Image Title: Detail view of unidentified folio 16198885

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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Manuscript No. 17: Menologium and Sermonary

Date: 17th century
Publication Date: 17th 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: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 195a; Jahangir presents Prince Khurram with a turban ornament; lower-right margin 16696717

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: Kitab al-Athar al-Baqiya 'an al-Qurun al-Khaliya (Edinburgh, MS Arab 161) | Image Title: f. 133v: Death of Eli, the high priest at Shiloh 20330599

Author: al-Biruni Abu 'l-Rayhan Muhammad b. Ahmad, 973 - after 1050 / 362 - after 442 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1307 | 1308 | 1307–1308 / 707 AH
Publication Date: 1307 | 1308 | 1307–1308 / 707 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | Persian | Biblical events | Islamic art | human figures | figures (representations) | history in art | histories | wars | 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. 261: Sikandar listening to a story told to him by a shepherd 21006763

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: Hamzanama (NY Met) | Image Title: Full view; Folio 225v from the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp; Kai Khusrau's war prizes are pledged 13615548

Author: Attributed to Mithra, Indian, Daswanth, Indian artist, 1560-1584 (Painter)
Date: 1560 | 1580 | ca. 1570
Publication Date: 1560 | 1580 | ca. 1570
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | Islamic art | storytelling | legends | Persian | heroes | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 102b (private collection) | Image Title: f. 102b: Qaran slays Barman (detail) 13615528

Author: Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian, Mir Sayyid 'Ali, b. c. 1510, d. Mecca after 1572, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | epics | poetry | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (BL, Or 2265) | Image Title: Detail view, f. 211r: Bahram Gur pinning an ass's hoof to its ear with one arrow to prove his prowess to Fitneh 22348974

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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