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Siyavush pleads for his stepmother Sudaba's life, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Bahram Gur sleeps out in the courtyard of the inhospitable Baraham, feasting inside, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Akbar's forces shooting up at Hajipur fortress from boats on the Ganges, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Arabic

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Historical calendar (Taqwim-i tarikhi), with astrological advice and a world map

Turkish

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Portrait of a man seated with a sword, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Kay Khusraw kills Shida, son of Afrasiyab, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The monkey king returns safely to his fig tree, by `Āṣī, from Lights of Canopus (Anvār-i Suhaylī) by Ḥusayn Vā`iẓ Kāshifī

Persian

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Qur'an from Safavid Iran

Iran

Arabic

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Zal meets king Manuchihr, asking for his mercy, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Five works on Shi`i philosophy and law, by Mīr Dāmād (d. 1631) and others

Arabic

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Guide to Happiness (Dalā'il al-khayrāt) by Shaykh al-Jazūlī (d. 1465)

Algeria

Arabic

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Isfandiyar kills Arjasp, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Anthology (Dīvān), by Shāhī

Persian

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Two men die from poison intended for king Anushirvan, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Chained lion and peri (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Iran

Persian

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Mir Sayyāf cuts off the king's arm in the palace garden, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Persian

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The sculptor Farhād receives a drink from Shīrīn, from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī

Iran

Persian

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al-Nashr fī al-qirā’āt al-`ashr, by Ibn al-Jazarī (d. 1429)

Arabic

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Akbar receives the ambassadors from Badakhshan in 1561, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama) by Abu’l-Fazl.

Agra

Persian

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Ardashir hunting together with Parthian king Ardavan and his sons, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Book of prayers (An`ām Sharīf), including Qur'an selections and the Guide to Happiness (Dalā'il al-khayrāt) by al-Jazūlī (d. 1465)

Arabic

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Isfandiyar kills the dragon, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Collection (majmū`) of 4 literary texts, for Pīr Būdāq (d. 1466)

Shiraz

Persian

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Jade amulet pendant

Arabic

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Rustam lassoes and captures Kamus, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The poet and his friend sitting by a stream, from Thirty Letters (Sī-nāma, or Love Letters, `Ishq-nāma) by Amīr Ḥusaynī (d. 1318)

Persian

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`Amr-i Umayya shaves the sleeping men, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Persian

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Akbar's forces attack the Rajput fort of Kumbhalmer, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Luhrasp enthroned, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Ijtimā` al-shaml fī ṭarīq al-raml

Arabic

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The simurgh carries Zal to her nest, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Süleyman's body escorted back to Istanbul by the Ottoman army, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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Toh Hartham Righting There Links, From Manal That Arts Of Harsam Manshab (The End Of Science And Hope In The Sciences Of Equestrian Hope) By Al-Qasra

Arabic

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Gift of the free (Tuḥfat al-aḥrār), by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Persian

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Portrait of Shah Jahan on a globe

Persian

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Farīdūn crosses the Tigris on his way to fight Ẓaḥḥāk, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635), from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Persian

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In the presence of Khan Timbits Taha Siz Kandahar, From The Hester Of Akbar (Kabernama), B Abu’l Fazal

Agra

Persian

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The Greater Consideration (al-Ri`ayat al-Kubra), by Ibn Hamdan (d. 1295)

Arabic

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Ardashir recognises his son Shapur during a polo match, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The king takes pity on the beggar, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di.

Herat

Persian

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Arjasp's horsemen kill Luhrasp, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Taḥrīr al-Manqūl wa Tahdhīb al-Uṣūl, by `Alā' al-Dīn `Alī ibn Sulaymān al-Mardāwī (d. 1480)

Arabic

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Zulaykha pulls Yūsuf's coat as he leaves, from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-abrār) by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Persian

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Calligraphy in Dakhni, folio from an album for Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah

Golconda

Deccan

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Arabic calligraphy in bird form: the bismillah

Arabic

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Isfandiyar escapes the snowstorm, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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King Hurzmuzd receives the Khaqan of Chin, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Women on a palace terrace with a panoramic view

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Portraits of the Ottoman Sultans Selīm II (d. 1574), Murād III (d. 1595) and Meḥmed III (d. 1603), from the genealogy (silsilanāma), Cream of Histories (Zübdet-üt Tevarih)

Baghdad

Turkish

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World of knowledge (Jahān-e dānesh), by Sharaf al-Dīn al-Mas`ūdī

Persian

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Papyrus letter and agricultural register: the wheat harvest

Arabic

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Book of the Dead of the 'scribe of documents of the king'

Egyptian (Ancient)

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The reign of Bahram Bahramiyan, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Rustam catches Rakhsh, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Gushtasp and his family mourn over the coffin of his son Isfandiyar, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The elephants at the waterhole, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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Calligraphy in Arabic, Persian and Dakhni, folio from an album for Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah

Golconda

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Quran

Arabic

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Armband (bāzūband) of three amulets

Arabic

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Juz' 7 of the Tarkān Khātun Qur'an

Arabic

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Iskandar relaxes with Queen Nūshāba of Barda', from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī

Iran

Persian

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Bird of Paradise, by Ahizade `Ali Celebi

Persian

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Yogi sitting cross-legged, from the Ocean of Immortality (Bahr al-Hayat)

Persian

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Begum Samru and her household

Delhi

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Folio from the Gulshan Album

Persian

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On the scholars and rulers of Yemen (al-Sulūk fī ṭabaqāt al-`ulamā' wa al-mulūk), volume 1, by Muḥammad ibn Ya`qūb al-Janadī (d. 1332)

Arabic

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Collection (majmū`) of 3 texts, by al-Tanūkhī (d. 1245) and Yaḥyā

Arabic

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Almanac (Taqvīm) from Ottoman Istanbul

Turkish

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Folios from a Hijazi Qur'an

Arabic

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Arabic

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Siyavush receives Piran's letter, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The prince enjoys an evening gathering, from the Book of Separation (Firāq-nāma) by Salmān Sāvajī (d. 1376)

Persian

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Boy with Cockerel, by Mu`īn Muṣavvir

Persian

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Manuchihr pursuing Tūr, his father's murderer, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausī

Persian

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Queen Qaydafa advises Iskandar, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Folios from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Papyrus pseudo-script, imitating a written letter

Arabic

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Papyrus letter about finding a new tenant and selling a pearl in Fusṭāṭ, and a statement of accounts

Arabic

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Solomon takes advice from the animals, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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The king of India tells his dream to the sage Mihran, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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al-Muqni` fī al-fiqh, by Ibn Qudāma (d. 1223)

Arabic

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Prince Gav of Kashmir mourns killing his brother Talkhand, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Description of the Prophet (Hilya al-nabi)

Turkey

Arabic

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Corner details of reader, birds and flowers, folio from the Five Treasures (Panj Ganj) by Jāmī

Mashhad

Persian

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Account and letter relating to wine

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Forty-eight texts on philosophy, by Ibn Sīnā (d. 1037), Mīr Dāmād (d. 1630), Davvānī (d. 1501), Bābā Afẓal (d. 1213), Ghiyāth al-Dīn Manṣūr (d. 1541), others

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Rudaba lets down her hair for Zal, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Portraits of the Mongol Il-Khānid rulers Ghāzān Khan (d. 1304) and Ūljāytū (d. 1316), from the genealogy (silsilanāma), Cream of Histories (Zübdet-üt Tevarih)

Baghdad

Turkish

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Anthology (majmū`) of eight Persian poets

Istanbul

Persian

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Fragments of contracts

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Anthology (Dīvān) of Persian poetry

Iran

Persian

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Prince in conversation with a dervish, from the Garden (Būstān) by Sa`dī (d. 1291)

Bukhara

Persian

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Book of the Dead of Lady Neskhons

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Complete Works (Kulliyāt), by Sa'di

Persian

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Old man with a small child, by Ṣādiqī (d. 1610)

Iran

Persian

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Isfandiyar defeats the sorceress, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Kneeling man offering wine, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)

Persian

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Fatally wounded with Rakhsh in a spiked pit, Rustam shoots his betrayer Shaghad, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Shahbaz Khan leads Akbar's forces through the Mewar hills, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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