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Folio from the so-called “Sulayhid Qur’an”
Undetermined
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Leaf with Arabic Prayers
Ahmad Nairizi (Iranian, active 1682–1739)
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Portrait of a Noble
Undetermined
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Page of Calligraphy from a Sharafnama (Book of Honour) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja)
Undetermined
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"Rustam and Isfandiyar Begin Their Combat", Folio 461v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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Evidence of good deeds Brier Book
Muhammad b. Sulayman al-Jazuli (Moroccan, died 1465)
Undetermined
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"Rustam Saved by his Horse Rakhsh from an Attacking Lion", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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"Kai Kavus and Rustam Embrace", Folio 123r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
Muhammad al-Zanjani (Iranian)
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Section of a Qur'an
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"Zulaikha after her Second Dream of Yusuf", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami (Iranian, Jam 1414–92 Herat)
Undetermined
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Aquatic Scene with Three Men in a Gondola
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Decorated Folio
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"Ali and Omar on the Battlefield," Folio from a Hamla-yi Haidari (Attack of the Lion)
Muhammad Rafi Khan (Indian, Delhi, died 1711)
Undetermined
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Papyrus Fragment
Undetermined
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Prince and Groom
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"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)
Attributed to Mithra
Undetermined
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"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio 434v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz
Hafiz (Iranian, Shiraz ca. 1325–1390 Shiraz)
Undetermined
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"Surkha Captured by Faramarz is Condemned by Rustam", Folio 204v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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Papyrus Fragment
Undetermined
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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
Undetermined
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The House of Bijapur
Painting by Chand Muhammad (Indian, active 1680s)
Undetermined
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Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar (Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur)
Undetermined
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Lion at Rest
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Fragment of a Talismanic Scroll
Undetermined
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Portrait of a Man
Attributed to Riza-yi 'Abbasi (Iranian, ca. 1565–d. 1635)
Undetermined
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Gauri Ragini: A Maiden Picking Blossoms from a Tree
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Page of Calligraphy from a Kalila wa Dimna
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Bifolium from a Qur'an Manuscript
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Company Officer Receiving a Nobleman
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Sultan Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II Venerates a Sufi Saint
'Ali Riza 'Abbasi (Indian, active ca. 1600–1650)
Undetermined
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Buffaloes in Combat
Attributed to Miskin (active ca. 1570–1604)
Undetermined
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Portrait of Mirza Hashem Amin Khalvat
Abu`l Hasan Ghaffari, known as Sani' al-Mulk (Iranian, 1814–66)
Undetermined
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"Dervish Leading a Bear", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Painting by Govardhan (active ca. 1596–1645)
Undetermined
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Album Leaf with Shi'a Invocation
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"Kai Kavus Ascends to the Sky", Folio 134r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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"Rustam Wrestles with Puladvand", Folio from a Shahnama
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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Wine Drinking in a Spring Garden
Undetermined
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"The Besotted Iranian Camp Attacked by Night", Folio 241r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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Page of Calligraphy from a Kalila wa Dimna
Undetermined
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Notebook of Calligraphy
Undetermined
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"Husayn at the Bedside of the Dying Hasan", Folio from a Hadiqat al-Su'ada of Fuzuli (Garden of the Blessed)
Fuzuli (Karbala or an-Najaf ca. 1480–1556 Karbala)
Undetermined
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"Rustam Blames Kai Kavus for the Death of Siyavush", Folio 202v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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"Elias and Khizr at the Fountain of Life', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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"Pair of Eagles", Folio from a Manafi' al-hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'
Ibn Bakhtishu' (died 1058)
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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
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Page of Calligraphy from a Kalila wa Dimna
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"A Youth Fallen From a Tree", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Painting by Aqa Riza (Iranian, born Meshhed, ca. 1560, active until ca. 1621)
Undetermined
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"Bahram Gur in the Turquoise Palace on Wednesday", Folio 216 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja)
Undetermined
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Section from a Qur'an Manuscript
`Umar Aqta'
Undetermined
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"Oxen amongst Foliage", Folio from a Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'
Ibn Bakhtishu' (died 1058)
Undetermined
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Qur'an Juz II
Undetermined
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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
Undetermined
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"Rustam's Fourth Course, He Cleaves a Witch", Folio 120v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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"Luhrasp Hears from the Returning Paladins of the Vanishing Kai Khusrau", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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Page of Calligraphy from a Kalila wa Dimna
Undetermined
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Bifolium from a Qur'an
Undetermined
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"Rustam Captures the Shah of Sham and the Shah of Berber", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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Album Page with Cut-Paper Decoration
Undetermined
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Sultan Muhammad 'Adil Shah and Ikhlas Khan Riding an Elephant
Ibrahim Khan (Indian)
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Decorated Folio
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Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript
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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
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Bifolium from a Qur'an Manuscript
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"Alexander and the Circle of Seven Sages", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja)
Undetermined
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The Queen of Sheba Enthroned
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"Rustam Pleads for Tus Before Kai Khusrau," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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Portrait of Chuk the Wrestler
Undetermined
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A View of the Taj Mahal, Signed by Koodrutoollah
Koodrutoollah
Undetermined
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"Gushtasp Slays the Dragon of Mount Saqila", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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"Iskandar Speaks with the Bird on the Mountain", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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Birds in a Landscape
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A Stallion
Painting by Habiballah of Sava (Iranian, active ca. 1590–1610)
Undetermined
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"Bahram Recovers the Crown of Rivniz", Folio 245r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of of Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, commissioned by Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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"Sam Comes to Inspect Rustam", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
Undetermined
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"Marriage of Khusrau and Shirin", Folio 104 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja)
Undetermined
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Flap of Bookbinding
Undetermined
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Nan va Halva (Breads and Sweets)
Muhammad Baha' al-Din al-'Amili (Iranian, born Syria, Baalbek 1547–1621 Isfahan)
Undetermined
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Portrait of a Lady
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