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Main Title: Small (Gutman) Shahnama (NY Met, 1974.290.17) | Image Title: Rustam is thrown into the sea by the div Akvan (detail) 16500801

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: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | epics | poetry | illustrations | more | less
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Type: belge
Library: Digital Library of the Middle East
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Main Title: Kalila wa Dimna (BnF Arabe 3465) | Image Title: f. 71v: The Lion-King kills Shanzaba the Bull, while the jackals Kalila and Dimna look on (detail) 20331283

Author: Bidpai, Indian (Author)
Date: 1200 | 1220 | 1200-1220
Publication Date: 1200 | 1220 | 1200-1220
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: illuminations | painted manuscripts | animals | fables | miniatures (paintings) | folklore | human figures | Arabic language | Islamic art | nature in art | more | less
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Main Title: Jahangir's lion hunt | Image Title: Detail view 16696949

Author: Ascribed to Farrukh Khurd Chela, Indian (Artist)
Date: 1610 | c. 1610
Publication Date: 1610 | c. 1610
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | hunting | lions | elephants | kings and rulers | emperors | more | less
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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) 23044322

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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Main Title: Shahnama (Patna, Khuda Bakhsh Library Cat.1, HL 358) | Image Title: Detail view; f.168r unknown scene 16500821

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: Khamsa of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (King's College, Pote 153) | Image Title: Two young men in landscape 20330971

Author: attributed to Farrukh Beg, ca. 1545-d. after 1615; active in India, Iranian (Artist) | Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, 1253-1325/651-725 AH, Indian (Author)
Date: 1571 | ca. 1571 CE/979 AH
Publication Date: 1571 | ca. 1571 CE/979 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illustrations | poetry | romances (document genre) | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Munis al-ahrar (Met, 57.51.25) | Image Title: Three registers showing the Moon visiting the houses of Sagittarius, Capricorn, and Aquarius (verso) 23044267

Author: Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (Author)
Date: 1341 | 1341/741 AH
Publication Date: 1341 | 1341/741 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illustrations | anthologies | poetry | astrology | zodiac | more | less
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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 16199013

Author: Govardhan, 17th c., Indian, Balchand, Indian (Painter)
Date: 1615 | 1640 | ca. 1615-1640
Publication Date: 1615 | 1640 | ca. 1615-1640
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: painted manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | poetry | calligraphy | borders (ornamental areas) | South Asians | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Kulliyat (SAK) | Image Title: Full view, "Zu'l-Nun prays for rain for the Egyptians," (fol. 62a) 18894883

Author: Sa'di, ca. 610-691 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1595 | 1615 | ca. 1604
Publication Date: 1595 | 1615 | ca. 1604
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | South Asians | Islamic art | religious texts | religious education | 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 23v; calligraphy in Nasta'līq, border with figural motifs 15911459

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: Shahnama (Chester Beatty, Per 214) | Image Title: General view, f. 122, Vol. II: Rustam sleeping while his charger Rakhsh kills a marauding lion 21006838

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
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Main Title: Great Mongol Shahnama (HAM, 1957.193) | Image Title: Bahram Gur hunting with Azada (detail) 20331343

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 | heroes | warriors | hunting | Bahram-i Gur | camels | Islamic art | lovers | quivers | musical instruments | more | less
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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) 18551053

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: Poet disappointed by his friend (Private collection, Japan) | Image Title: Detail 23901777

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
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Type: belge
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Tahdhīb al-asmāʼ wa-al-lughāt / lil-Imām al-ʻAllāmah al-Faqīh al-Ḥāfiẓ Abī Zakarīyā Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī ; ʻuniyat bi-nashrihi wa-taṣḥīḥihi wa-al-taʻlīq ʻalayhi wa-muqābalat uṣūlihi Sharikat al-ʻUlamāʼ bi-musāʻadat Idārat al-Ṭibāʻah al-Munīrīyah.

Author: Nawawī, 1233-1277, author.
Date: [1927]
Publication Date: [1927]
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Islam--Biography--Early works to 1800/ Islam--Dictionaries--Arabic--Early works to 1800./ Arabic language--Dictionaries--Early works to 1800. | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 40b (TMoCA) | Image Title: f. 40b: Faridun's envoy to King Sarv: the second interview (detail) 17932503

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: miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | epics | Faridun | poetry | more | less
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsah of Khwaju Kirmani (BL 18113) | Image Title: f. 3v, Prince Humay and Azar Afruz find Bihzad drunk, sleeping under a cypress tree 20330582

Author: Khvaju Kirmani, Mahmud ibn 'Ali, d. ca. 1352/753 AH, Iranian (Author) | Junayd, 14th-15th c., Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1396
Publication Date: 1396
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | Mongol | Sufism | ethics | mystics | fairies | Chinese | adventurers | lovers | 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. 20v: Court of Gayumars (detail) 21093299

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 (TSK H762) | Image Title: Full view of folio 177v; Bahram Gur with the Moorish princess in the Yellow pavilion 16198916

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: Munis al-ahrar (Met, 57.51.25) | Image Title: Three registers showing the Moon visiting the houses of Virgo, Libra, and Scorpio (recto) 23044275

Author: Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (Author)
Date: 1341 | 1341/741 AH
Publication Date: 1341 | 1341/741 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illustrations | anthologies | poetry | astrology | zodiac | 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 traveller rescues the goldsmith from the pit against the advice of the animals" (1981.373.90) 16697306

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: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 125a; Shah Jahan honouring Prince Dara Shikuh at his wedding 16696740

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: Shahnama (BnF, Persan 489) | Image Title: f. 566r: Zahhak brought to Faridun as prisoner (detail) 24081679

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1543 | 1546 | 1543-1546
Publication Date: 1543 | 1546 | 1543-1546
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illustrations (layout features) | epics | poetry | more | less
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Main Title: Shahnama (BnF, Persan 489) | Image Title: f. 26r: Faridun and his court in the garden 24081673

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1543 | 1546 | 1543-1546
Publication Date: 1543 | 1546 | 1543-1546
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illustrations (layout features) | epics | poetry | more | less
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Main Title: Kulliyat of Khvaju Kirmani, (BL, Add. 18113) | Image Title: Folio 45v; lower-center margin; courtiers inside and outside Humayun's quarters 10898428

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: Gulistan of Sa'di (Chester Beatty, MS. Pers. 119) | Image Title: General view, f. 15b: Sa'di in a boat with a company of merchants. A sailor is taking in the sail to enable two other sailors to rescue some men who have fallen overboard 20331915

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: Full view of folio 170a, "The Arab berates his guest for attempting to pay him for his hospitality" 17199670

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 (Princeton, Firestone Library, MS 77G) | Image Title: Full view, "Iskandar battles Dara," (folio 258a) 16500703

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date: 1443 | 1446 | 1443-1446
Publication Date: 1443 | 1446 | 1443-1446
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | poetry | Persian | divans | courts (social groups) | courtiers | lions | kings and rulers | painted manuscripts | inscriptions | inscriptions, Arabic | Islamic art | epics | folklore | more | less
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Type: belge
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Madārij al-sālikīn bayna manāzil Iyyāka naʻbudu wa-iyyāka nastaʻīn / taṣnīf al-shaykh al-ʻārif, shaykh al-islām al-thānī, nāṣir al-sunnah wa-muḥīyahā, wa-qāmiʻ al-bidʻah wa-mumītahā, al-imām al-mufasr al-muḥaddith al-mutakallim al-faqīh al-ṣūfī al-salafī Abī ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr ibn Ayyūb al-shahīr bi-Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, nafaʻa Allāh bi-ʻulūmihi.Wa-yalīhi mā shuriḥa min kitāb manāzil al-sāʼirīn.

Author: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, 1292-1352
Date: 1331-1333 [1913-1915]
Publication Date: 1331-1333 [1913-1915]
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Anṣārī al-Harawī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad,|d1006-1089.--Manāzil al-sāʼirīn/Islam--Doctrines--Early works to 1800/ Sufism--Early works to 1800/ | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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Main Title: Great Mongol Shahnama (HAM, 1957.193) | Image Title: Full view of painting (painting on verso of folio) 15911308

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 | heroes | warriors | hunting | Bahram-i Gur | camels | Islamic art | lovers | quivers | musical instruments | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (Chester Beatty 277) | Image Title: f. 7b: Feridun Spurning the Ambassador of Salm and Tur 21092254

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author) | Sadiqi, b. Tabriz, 1533-4/941 AH; d. Isfahan, 1609-10/1019 AH, Iranian (Illustrator) | Riza-'i 'Abbasi, Aqa, b. ?Kashan, ca. 1570/978 AH - d. ?Isfahan, 1635/1045 AH, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1587 | 1597 | 1587-1597
Publication Date: 1587 | 1597 | 1587-1597
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: calligraphy | paintings | heroes | epics | poetry | landscapes (representations) | miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | animals | more | less
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Main Title: Shahnama (Chester Beatty 277) | Image Title: f.12: The Simurgh carrying the infant Zal to her nest 22395955

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author) | Sadiqi, b. Tabriz, 1533-4/941 AH; d. Isfahan, 1609-10/1019 AH, Iranian (Illustrator) | Riza-'i 'Abbasi, Aqa, b. ?Kashan, ca. 1570/978 AH - d. ?Isfahan, 1635/1045 AH, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1587 | 1597 | 1587-1597
Publication Date: 1587 | 1597 | 1587-1597
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: calligraphy | paintings | heroes | epics | poetry | landscapes (representations) | miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | animals | more | less
Language: Undetermined
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 521b (AKM, AKM164) | Image Title: f. 521v: The story of Haftvad and the Worm 21093317

Author: attributed to Dust Muhammad, 1490-1565, 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: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | inscriptions | cooking | weaving | streams | bakeries | donkeys | domes | city walls | praying | arabesques | reading | more | less
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Main Title: Gulistan of Sa'di (Chester Beatty, MS. Pers. 119) | Image Title: General view, lines of verse from the Gulistan 20331933

Author: Sa'di, ca. 610-691 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1427 | c. 1427 AD / 830 AH
Publication Date: 1427 | c. 1427 AD / 830 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | poetry | Persian | Islamic art | painted manuscripts | epics | history in art | mysticism | Sufism | dervishes | kings and rulers | more | less
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Main Title: Khusraw va Shirin (Rylands, Persian MS 6) | Image Title: Binding, early 16th century 20330642

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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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) 23038701

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
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Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (BL, Or 2265) | Image Title: Detail view, f.48b: Shapur showing portrait of Khusraw to Shirin 18551013

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: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 2r; Mary and child seated next to a table under a tree 15911358

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. 38b (Khalili, MSS 1030) | Image Title: f. 38b: Court of Faridun; Faridun’s mother Faranak sends gifts to her son (detail) 23041030

Author: Painter A (Qadimi), 16th c., 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: 1520 | 1529 | 1520s
Publication Date: 1520 | 1529 | 1520s
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | illustrations (layout features) | poetry | epics | more | less
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Main Title: Guy u Chawgan (National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg, Dorn 441) | Image Title: Full view, "Prince Picnicking," (folio 59r) 17932748

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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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: Hadith -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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1939 news clippings

Date: 1939
Publication Date: 1939
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: Khosraw va Shirin (V&A, MSL/1885/364) | Image Title: f. 71: Khusrau kills the lion with bare hands (detached folio, MSL/1964/1613, formerly inv. L.1613-1964) 20331119

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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al-Juzʼ al-awwal]al-thāmin‫[-‬ min sharḥ al-Imām al-ʻallāmah Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Bāqī al-Zurqānī al-Mālikī ʻalá al-Mawāhib al-ladunīyah lil-ʻAllāmah al-Qasṭallānī al-Shāfiʻī nafaʻa Allāh al-muslimīn bi-ʻulūmahmā āmīn M.

Author: Zurqānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Bāqī, 1645-1710, author.
Date: 1291 [1874
Publication Date: 1291 [1874
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Arabic language--Dictionaries. | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: belge
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Main Title: Anwar-i Suhaili (Banares BKB 9069) | Image Title: f. 6: Lion's court (detail) 23902095

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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1940 news clippings

Date: 1940
Publication Date: 1940
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: History of American University in Cairo | more | less
Language: English
Type: belge
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Main Title: Shahnama (Chester Beatty 277) | Image Title: f. 13: Rustam slays the white elephant (full view) 21006888

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author) | Sadiqi, b. Tabriz, 1533-4/941 AH; d. Isfahan, 1609-10/1019 AH, Iranian (Illustrator) | Riza-'i 'Abbasi, Aqa, b. ?Kashan, ca. 1570/978 AH - d. ?Isfahan, 1635/1045 AH, Iranian (Painter)
Date: 1587 | 1597 | 1587-1597
Publication Date: 1587 | 1597 | 1587-1597
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: calligraphy | paintings | heroes | epics | poetry | landscapes (representations) | miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | animals | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Divan of Hafiz, Incident in a mosque (HUAM, 1999.300.2) | Image Title: Detail 21736291

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: Makhzan al-Asrar (Chester Beatty, Per 224) | Image Title: f. 7: Nushirvan and his vizier listening to the owls in the ruined village 21006829

Author: Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date: 1550 | ca. 1550
Publication Date: 1550 | ca. 1550
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | Islamic art | poetry | nasta'liq | Sufism | mysticism | illuminations | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: belge
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Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (TSK H. 781) | Image Title: f. 2b (?): Poetry page with two illuminated unwans (full view) 22349818

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: Shahnama (Royal Collection, London, RCIN 1005013) | Image Title: f. 84a: Rustam asleep before being carried off by the demon Akwan 20331004

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
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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 48b (Cincinnati Art Museum, 1985.87) | Image Title: Detail view of the upper-left margin of folio 48b; mountains protruding into the border of the folio 13615488

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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Main Title: Kalila wa Dimna (NY Met, 1981.373) | Image Title: Full view of a folio entitled "The gazelle becomes friends with the crow, the mouse, and the tortoise" (1981.373.61) 16697337

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: Tutinama (Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, MS. 21) | Image Title: f. 20r: The soldier's wife explaining the bouquet (full view) 18550923

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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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 54b (TMoCA) | Image Title: f. 54b: Tur taunts Qubad (detail) 23041021

Author: attributed to Painter A (Qadimi), 16th c., Iranian, studio of Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Date: 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: Islamic art | miniatures (paintings) | manuscripts | epics | poetry | more | less
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Main Title: Padshahnama (Windsor, 1005025) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 120b; Delivery of presents at the wedding of Dara Shikuh (upper-right margin) 16696751

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: Jahangir's lion hunt | Image Title: Detail view 16696950

Author: Ascribed to Farrukh Khurd Chela, Indian (Artist)
Date: 1610 | c. 1610
Publication Date: 1610 | c. 1610
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | hunting | lions | elephants | kings and rulers | emperors | more | less
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Main Title: Shahnama (NYPL, Pers. ms. 2) | Image Title: f. 180: Rustam kills Ashkabus 23044262

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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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 715b (NY Met, 1970.301.74) | Image Title: f. 715b: Bahram Chubina slays the Lion-Ape (detail) 23044398

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
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Main Title: Jahangir Album (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Libri picti, A 117) | Image Title: Detail view of folio 23r; four portraits: Han-i Hanan (upper left), unknown sitting man (upper right), Rav Bhara (lower left), Gam (lower right) 15911363

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: Kalila wa Dimna (TSK H. 362) | Image Title: Full view of folio 95r; The plot of the thief and the div against the pious man 14174575

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: Shahnama (Patna, Khuda Bakhsh Library Cat.1, HL 358) | Image Title: General view; f.435r Bahram Gur shows his prowess at hunting 16500833

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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