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Akbar's forces take Sarangpur Fort in Malwa, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Herthma Branding a Sword, From Manal That Arts of Harsmanshb (The End of Sciences and Hope in the Sciences of Equestrian Hope) by Al-Qasra

Arabic

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Qur'an scroll

Arabic

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Book of Breathings of Khonsdjehuty

Egyptian (Ancient)

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The White Dīv captures and blinds Kay Kāvus, by Muḥammad Zamān, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Persian

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Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I with his grand vizier Mahmud Pasha, from The Cream of Histories (Zubdat al-tawarikh) by Sayyid Luqman-i 'Ashuri

Turkish

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Here we go, from Manal to Arts of Hope (The end of science and hope in the sciences of equestrian hope) by Al-Qasra

Arabic

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Sources of histories ('Uyūn al-tawārīkh), by Ibn Shākir al-Kutubī (d. 1363)

Arabic

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Horsemen and scholars, with Persian calligraphy (recto), and hunter and drinker, with decoupe Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Persian

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

Istanbul

Persian

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Rustam shoots Shaghad from the spiked pit, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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

Mashhad

Persian

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Akbar being weighed on his lunar birthday in 1577, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Gurgsar rides a camel across the bottomless lake, leading Isfandiyar to the brass fortress, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Book of Testaments (Vaṣiyyatnāma)

Persian

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Archer on horseback, with Persian calligraphy (recto), and young dervish (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Persian

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Akbar receiving his army officers at the encampment by the Ganges, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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

Herat

Persian

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Forty Sayings of the Prophet (Chehel Hadith-i Rasul) by Mir `Ali Shir Nava'i

Samarqand

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Sharḥ al-Jāmi` al-ṣaghīr, by Ibn Makkī (d. 1202)

Arabic

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Solomon Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Firdausi of Bursa

ara,fas

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Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his white elephant, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Papyrus letters: work and taxation

Arabic

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Gushtasp brings Ilyas captive before Caesar, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Anthology (majmū`) of poetry, written out by Jevrī (Jevrī Ibrahim Çelebi, d. 1654)

Istanbul

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Epitome of Ibn al- Salah's work on Hadith (al-Iqtirah `ala `ulum al-hadith li Ibn al- Salah), by Ibn Jama`a

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Arabic

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Kardana and the tortoise chat by the river, from Lights of Canopus (Anvār-i Suhaylī) by Ḥusayn Vā`iẓ Kāshifī (d. 1504-5)

Persian

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Hushang kills the Black Div, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The King of the East seated with his companions in a meadow, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Persian

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Anushirvan dictates a letter to the Khaqan of Chin, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The Quraysh of Mecca led captive from the Battle of Badr (624), from The Life of the Prophet (Siyer-i nebi), by Mustafa Darir

Istanbul

Turkish

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Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Iran

Persian

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

Persian

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The tyrant Zahhak is imprisoned under Mount Damavand, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Coffee house scene (recto) and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Persian

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The sīmurgh arrives to assist Rūdāba with the birth of Rustam, by Muḥammad Zamān, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Isfahan

Persian

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Papyrus bifolio from a Ḥadīth manuscript dated 267H (880-881)

Arabic

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Portrait of Shaykh Murtaza Mufti, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Undetermined

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Arabic

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Fortifications along the Ottoman frontier with Safavid Iran, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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Harthma and when he saw the pictures, from Manal that the arts of keenness of the place (The end of the question and security in the sciences of the hope of horsemanship) in the palace

Arabic

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Sale of land (Gebelein)

egy,ell

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Stars of the Sciences (Nujum al-'ulum)

Persian

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On the principles of Islamic jurisprudence (Kitab fi usul al-fiqh)

Arabic

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The planet Jupiter as a scholar, from a Persian cosmology treatise

Shiraz

Persian

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Come to me and I have a bird, from Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah Album

Unknown

Persian

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Akbar welcomes his mother to India in 1557, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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The Conquest of Santiermu on Malta, from the History of Sultan Suleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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Book-stand (rahl)

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Album of Ottoman calligraphy

Istanbul

Arabic

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Imām `Alī riding with Mālik-e Azhdar and his forces, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Persian

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Akbaras Forex Madda Th Jakhir Hail Shiftin Sultan Lad In 1563, From Th Hester Af Akbar (Kabernama), By Abu’fazal

Agra

Persian

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Counsels for Alexander (Nasayih Iskandar) by pseudo-Aristotle

Herat

Arabic

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Five suras of the Qur'an

Arabic

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Five Poems (Khamsa), by Nizami

Shiraz

Persian

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Prayers for the week (Ad`iyat al-ayyām al-sab`a), copied by Yāqūt al-Musta`ṣimī (d. 1298)

Arabic

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Shaykh `Ubaydullāh with his novices (murīds), from Breaths of intimacy (Nafaḥāt al-uns), by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Persian

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The king forgives his hungry chamberlain, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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Papyrus folios from a Ḥadīth manuscript dated 267H (880-881)

Arabic

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Juz' 27 of the Qur'an

Cairo

Arabic

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Khusrau kills a lion outside Shīrīn’s tent, from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī

Iran

Persian

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Burning and Melting (Sūz u Gawdāz) by Naw`ī Khabushānī (d. 1610)

Isfahan

Persian

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Young courtier, folio from the Salim Album

Persian

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Kay Kavus attempts to fly, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Shiraz

Persian

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Akbar captures a wild cheetah, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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

Golconda

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Khusraw Parviz marries Caesar's daughter Maryam, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Folios from an Ottoman Qur'an

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Akbar fights Man Singh of Amber at a drinking party, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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The Golconda embassy arrives at Akbar's camp at Ajmer, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Iskandar sees an omen of his imminent death in Babylon, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Portrait of a man, by Shaykh `Abbāsī

Isfahan

Persian

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Khusraw Parviz listens to his son's charges against him, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Portraits of the Ottoman Sultans Murād II (d. 1451), Meḥmed II (d. 1481) and Bayezīd II (d. 1512) (right), and Selīm I (d. 1520) and Süleyman I (d. 1566) (verso), from the genealogy (silsilanāma), Cream of Histories (Zübdet-üt Tevarih)

Baghdad

Turkish

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Papyrus tax receipt and payment register

Arabic

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Forty key points on the principles of religion (Lubab al-arba'in fi usul al-din), by Siraj al-Din al-Urmawi (d. 1283)

Konya

Arabic

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A lady offers a cool drink to the poet Sa'di, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di

Herat

Persian

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

Iran

Arabic

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Iskandar (Alexander) builds a wall against Gog and Magog, from the Book of Divination (Fālnāma) for Shah Ṭahmāsp, (d. 1576)

Qazvin

Persian

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Bizhan kills the Turanian warrior Human, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Yogi seated cross-legged (sitali) (recto), and yogi sitting in contemplation (verso), from the Ocean of Immortality (Bahr al-Hayat)

Persian

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Bīzhan is captured in Manīzha’s apartments, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Persian

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Two Folios from a Mamluk Qur'an

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Hemu kneels captured before Akbar and Bairam Khan, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Portraits of the Prophets Idrīs and Nūḥ (Noah), with king Jamshīd (recto), and Nūḥ’s sons Cham, Japhet and Shem, with the Prophets Ṣāliḥ and Hūd (verso), from the genealogy (silsilanāma), Cream of Histories (Zübdet-üt Tevarih)

Baghdad

Turkish

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Folios from a Hijazi Qur'an

Arabic

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John Sigismund Zapolya kneels before Sultan Süleyman in 1566, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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Akbar's conquest of Chitor fort in 1568, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Akbar receives congratulations and gifts on the birth of his son Murad in June 1570, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child above, folio from the Salim Album

Persian

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Shapur is enthroned as an infant, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The lion king pardons the jackal Farisah, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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Asaf Khan defeats Rama Chand of Pannah in battle, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Prince at a hunting encampment

Undetermined

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Madonna and child, folio from the Salim Album

Persian

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History of the world-adorning Shah Isma`il (Tarikh-e Jahanara-ye Shah Isma`il)

Persian

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Book of the Dead of Lady Neskhons

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Crossing the Bridge on the Drava, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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Iskandar marries Roshanak, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausī

Persian

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Evidences of Prophecy (Shavahid al-Nubuvva) by Thana'i

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