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Iranian envoy bringing diplomatic gifts, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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Hurmuzd orders his high priest Zartosht to eat poisoned meat, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Compilation of Shī`ī narratives

Persian

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Seated man in his coat, by Muḥsin

Persian

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Nihāyat al-su’l wa al-umniyya fī ta‘allum ‘amam al-furusiiyya, by al-Aqṣarā’ī (d. 1348)

Arabic

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The king's parrot offers him the fruit of life, from Tales of a Parrot (Ṭūṭīnāma) by Ẓiya’ al-Dīn Nakhshabī (d. 1350)

Persian

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Rustam rests after hunting on the border of Turan, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Four horsemen taking part in a contest, from Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihayat al-su’l wa al-umniya fi ta‘allum ‘amal al-furusiyya) by al-Aqsara’i

Arabic

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Papyrus letters in fragments: something happened

Arabic

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Khusrau sees Shīrīn bathing, from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī

Iran

Persian

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Amulet pendant, dated 1619-1620 (1029H)

Arabic

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Akbar rides the elephant Fath Mubarak, a diplomatic gift from Golconda, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Ardashir pours molten lead down the throat of Haftvad's giant worm, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The lonely poet, from Thirty Letters (Sī-nāma, or Love Letters, `Ishq-nāma) by Amīr Ḥusaynī (d. 1318)

Persian

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Young man in Ottoman dress (recto), and prince in a garden pavilion (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Undetermined

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Portrait of an older man, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Papyrus list of names and payments, written in Coptic

Coptic

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

Undetermined

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

Golconda

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Juz’ 4 of a Mamluk Qur’an

Cairo

Arabic

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Bahram Gur and the Iranian princess in the white pavilion, from Seven Portraits (Haft Paykar), in the Five Poems (Khamsa), by Nizami

Persian

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Survivors flee the fallen Sarangpur Fort in Malwa, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Book of the Dead of Lady Neskhons

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Closing folios from a Mamluk Qur'an

Arabic

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Woman standing in landscape, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)

Persian

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

Golconda

Deccan

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Youth in gold trousers, by Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)

Persian

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Junayd Baghdādī (835-910) invites the Christian youth to accept Islam at the Sufi meeting, witnessed by Saqati, from Breaths of intimacy (Nafaḥāt al-uns), by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Persian

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Opening pages of the Treasury of Secrets (Makhzan al-Asrar) by Nizami

Persian

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Khojasta listens to the parrot’s story for the twenty-first night, from Tales of a Parrot (Ṭūṭīnāma) by Ẓiya’ al-Dīn Nakhshabī (d. 1350)

Persian

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Opening folio from the Garden (Būstān), by Sa`dī

Persian

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Kitāb al-`ilm, by Abū Khaythama Zuhayr ibn Ḥarb al-Nasā’ī (d. 849)

Arabic

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The Garden (Existing), by Sa`di

Tabriz

Persian

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Poetry amulet on paper: Qaṣīda, by Riḍwān ibn Da'ūd

Arabic

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Sultan Süleyman in a walled garden, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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Revision of Euclid's Elements of Geometry (Islah al-ustuqusat)

Iran

Arabic

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Ṭahmūras defeats the demon army, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635), from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Persian

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The rescue at sea, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di

Herat

Persian

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Kitāb al-Fihrist, by Ibn al-Nadīm (d. 990)

Arabic

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Anxious courtiers watching Akbar fight Man Singh at a drinking party, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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

Mashhad

Persian

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Horseman performing a sword exercise, from Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihayat al-su'l wa al-umniya fi ta‘allum ‘amal al-furusiyya) by al-Aqsara'i

Arabic

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Akbar presiding over religious discussions in the Ibadat-khana, from The History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu'l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Akbar Reeds The Energed Al-Afna Lakhna, From The Hester Af Akbar (Kabernama), By Abu’fazal

Agra

Persian

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Mexican temple, and cactus (nopal), from Ahizade `Ali Celebi

Persian

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al-Mudawwana, by Saḥnūn (d. 854)

Calatrava the Old

Arabic

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Faridun leads the captured tyrant Zahhak to Mount Damavand, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Guimaras and to attend, from the cream of history (date butter) by Sayed Luqman Ashouri

Turkish

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Rustam shoots Isfandiyar with a forked arrow, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Ottoman album (muraqqa'), with calligraphy, views of holy sites, and a world map

Istanbul

Arabic

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Prince with his falconers, from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-abrār) by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Persian

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Acbras armes at shutter hyper, from th hister af akbar (cbernama), b abu’fazl

Agra

Persian

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

Arabic

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Akbar leads his army against the village brigands, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Qur'ān copied by Ḥasan Çelebi, for Sokollu Meḥmed Pāshā

Istanbul

Arabic

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Anthology (Sofa), by Faryabi (d. 1201)

Persian

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Two rulers feasting at an encampment

Persian

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Frontispiece from Prince Baysunghur's Anthology of Wise Sayings

Arabic

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Yogi seated in a position (nashbad), from the Ocean of Immortality (Bahr al-Hayat)

Persian

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Papyrus letters: goods delivery and the wheat crop

Arabic

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Juz' 12 of the Sinjar Qur'an

Arabic

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

Hyderabad

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The Fairy Queen Turktāz welcomes Turktāzī to her magical court, from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī

Iran

Persian

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Iskandar in the Land of Darkness, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausi

Persian

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Portrait of a seated man holding a rosary (tasbih), from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Translation of the History of the New World, by Ahizade `Ali Celebi

Persian

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Registration of Pakhes son of Paapis as a priest

Undetermined

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Rama Chand of Pannah takes refuge in a fort, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from The Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Firdausi of Bursa

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Hushang kills the Black Div (recto) and Hushang discovers fire while killing a dragon with a stone (verso), from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Rustam unhorses Changush, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Introductory Medallion (issue), from Bal'ami's History (Tarikh-i Bal'ami)

Undetermined

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Woman kneeling alone

Persian

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

Golconda

Deccan

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Indian vulture

Persian

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Akbar's general informs him of the conquest of Bengal in 1576, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Folios from an `Abbasid Qur'an

Arabic

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Guide to Happiness (Dalā'il al-khayrāt) by Abū `Abdullāh Muḥammad al-Jazūlī (d. 1465),

Arabic

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Velvet panel for a balcony rail

Hindi

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Mālik-e Azhdar rides out with his soldiers, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Persian

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Shīrīn visits the sculptor Farhād as he works, from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī (d. 1209)

Persian

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al-Futūḥ, volume 1, by Ibn A`tham al-Kūfī (d. c. 926)

Arabic

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Tūr and Salm murder their brother Īraj, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Persian

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Rustam's horse Rakhsh fights a lion while Rustam sleeps, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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al-Wujūh wa al-naẓā’ir fī al-Qur’ān, by Harūn ibn Mūsā (d. 786)

Arabic

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Ṭahmūras defeats the demon army, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Persian

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Iḥyā’ `ulum al-dīn, volume 1, by Abū Hamid al-Ghazālī (d. 1111)

Arabic

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The lion ignores the lynx's warning of divine retribution, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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The battle between Khusrau and Afrāsiyāb, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Persian

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Fragments of documentary texts (6)

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Mehmet Giray of the Crimean khanate crosses a river, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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Legal document relating to land (Gebelein)

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Genealogical tables (silsilanāma) and Cream of Histories (Zübdet-üt Tevarih), from Ottoman Baghdad

Baghdad

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Akbar rewarding his general for his defeat of Bairam Khan in 1560, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Isfandiyar lassoes Gurgsar and takes him prisoner, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Maryam (Mary) at the palm tree with baby `Isa (Jesus), from Stories of the Prophets (Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā), by Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Nishapuri.

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Salm and Tūr send an envoy to the court of their father Farīdūn, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635), from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Persian

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Portrait of the superintendent of the royal treasury, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Persian

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The amorous painter burns his cloak, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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The Cure (al-Shifā'), by Ibn Sīnā (d. 1037)

Arabic

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