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Classes of the Poets (Ṭabaqāt al-shu`arā’), by Ibn Sallām al-Jumaḥī (d. 845)

Arabic

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The Ottoman Sultan Murad III with Three of His Ministers, from The Cream of Histories (Zubdat al-tawarikh) by Sayyid Luqman-i 'Ashuri

Turkish

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Juz’ 4 of the Qur’an

Arabic

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Study of a Dragon (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Turkey

Persian

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Mughal emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan with their ministers, by Bichitr (recto), foliate design in gold (verso), folio from the Minto Album

Persian

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Gushtasp kills the dragon of Mount Saqila, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Papyrus letters: agricultural discussions

Arabic

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The Sources of Truths and the Explication of Paths (`Uyūn al-ḥaqā’iq wa īḍāḥ al-ṭarā’iq), by Abū al-Qāsim al-`Irāqī (d. c. 1280)

Arabic

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Sa`d fights the demon army, from the Book of the East (Khāvarānnāma) by Ibn Ḥusām (d. 1470)

Persian

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Bahram Gur kills a horned wolf (karg) in India (recto) and Bahram Gur kills a dragon in India (verso), from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Retinue of John Sigismund Zapolya before Süleyman, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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The prince and the slavegirl, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di

Herat

Persian

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Giv finds Kay Khusraw in Turan, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Seated dervish holding a flower, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)

Persian

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Persian calligraphy (recto), equestrian portrait of Akbar (verso), from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Bukhara

Persian

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Young man and woman (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Iran

Persian

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

Persian

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Sublime Methods in Spiritual Devices (al-Ṭuruq al-saniyya fī al-ālāt al-ruḥāniyya), by Taqī al-Dīn (1526-1585)

Cairo

Arabic

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The History of Sultan Suleyman by Sayyid Luqman.

Istanbul

Persian

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Hemu is captured by Akbar's forces in 1556, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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The governor of Kabul waits while Akbar's forces defend the city, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Isfandiyar kills the dragon (recto) and Isfandiyar lassoes the sorceress (verso), from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Fragments of literary and documentary texts (8)

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Dīwān of `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 661)

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Kashkul, by Shaykh Bahā' al-Dīn Muḥammad `Āmilī (d. 1621)

Persian

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Bahram Gur slays a monkey-lion before king Shangul's throne in India, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Prayers for the week

Arabic

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

Turkish

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

Persian

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Portraits of the Ottoman Sultans Osmān I (d. 1324) (recto), and Orkhān (d. 1362), Murād I (d. 1389), Bāyezīd I (d. 1402) and Meḥmed I (d. 1421) (verso), from the genealogy (silsilanāma), Cream of Histories (Zübdet-üt Tevarih)

Baghdad

Turkish

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The hero Ruhham chops off the hand of the Turanian wizard Bazur, thus cancelling his weather-spell, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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

Persian

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Collection (majmū`) of 6 texts on grammar and logic, by Tha`lab (d. 904), Ibn Fāris (d. c. 1005), al-`Askarī (d. 1005), al-Dashtakī (d. 1542), al-Kātibī (d. 1276) and al-Dawwānī (d. 1501)

Arabic

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Portrait of a young man sitting cross-legged, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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The poet takes a cup of wine, from Thirty Letters (Sī-nāma, or Love Letters, `Ishq-nāma) by Amīr Ḥusaynī (d. 1318)

Persian

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The lion presides over Dimna's trial, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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Süleyman's Pilgrimage to Eyüp, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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Pair of doors

Undetermined

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Akbar's hunting party ride in search of reported brigands, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Battle between Khusrau Parviz and the rebellious Bahram Chubina, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The Garden (Existing), by Sa`di

Persian

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The lucky prince meets the dervish and the magical woman (recto), the prince talks to the hungry snake (verso), from Tales of a Parrot (Ṭūṭīnāma) by Ẓiya’ al-Dīn Nakhshabī (d. 1350)

Persian

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Merits of Isfahan (Maḥāsin-e Iṣfahān), by Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Āvīl

Persian

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Fourteen texts on geometry, cosmology, philosophy and the Qur'an, by Ibn Sina (d. 1037), `Umar al-Khayyam (d. 1123), al-Sijzi (d. c.1020) and others

Arabic

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Opening of the Mouth

Egyptian (Ancient)

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The lover reads his letter delivered by the older woman, from Ten Letters (Dah-nāma) by Awḥadī Marāgha’ī (d. 1338)

Persian

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The monkey king meets the river tortoise, by Shankar Gujarati, from Lights of Canopus (Anvār-i Suhaylī) by Ḥusayn Vā`iẓ Kāshifī

Persian

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Medallion (recto), and text with illuminated borders (verso), from Bal`ami's History (Tarikh-i Bal`ami)

Persian

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Portrait of Mahābat Khan (d. 1634) (right), Persian calligraphy by Mīr `Alī (verso), from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Herat

Persian

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Babak questions his chief shepherd Sasan, and discovers his royal lineage, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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The ignorant doctor drinks his own poison, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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Musician and acrobat, by Shaykh `Abbāsī

Isfahan

Persian

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al-Rawḍ al-unuf, by Abū al-Qāsim al-Suhaylī (d. 1185)

Arabic

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Bahram Gur in the sandalwood pavilion on Thursday, from the Five Poems (Khamsa), by Nizami

Shiraz

Persian

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King Manuchihr, unfinished text folio from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Amulet quoting the Throne Verse from the Qur’an

Arabic

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Intikhāb uṣūl al-samā`āt, volume 3, by al-Silafī (d. 1180)

Arabic

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Angels washing Hanẓala's body, fallen in the Battle of Uhud (625), from The Life of the Prophet (Siyer-i nebi), by Mustafa Darir

Istanbul

Turkish

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Akbar leads his forces against Hajipur fortress on the Ganges in 1574, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Woman nursing a child

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Papyrus letter and agricultural lease: sowing wheat

Arabic

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Selim meets the Ottoman army, bringing the body of his father Süleyman, at Belgrade, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Istanbul

Persian

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Construction at Akbar's new capital Fatehpur Sikri, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Kanphata yogi with his dog, folio from the Salim Album

Persian

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Portrait of Shahnavāz Khan Ṣafavī (d. 1659) by Hāshim (recto), Persian calligraphy by Mīr `Alī (verse), folio from the Minto Album

Herat

Persian

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A Jesuit priest with a book, folio from the Salim Album

Persian

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Qur'an scroll

Arabic

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Miniature Qur'an

Arabic

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Opening folio from a Qur'an

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Amulet, with design of roses bearing holy names

Arabic

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Youth by a flowering tree, by Farrukh Beg (recto), Persian and Chaghatay Turkish calligraphy by Mir `Ali (verso), folio from the Minto Album

Bukhara

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The coronation of Akbar in February 1556, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu'l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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Persian and Chaghatay Turkish calligraphy by Mir `Ali (recto), youth with swans and rabbits, by `Abd al-Karim (verso), folio from the Minto Album

Bukhara

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The Ascension (Mi'raj) of the Prophet Muhammad, from The Cream of Histories (Zubdat al-tawarikh) by Sayyid Luqman-i 'Ashuri

Turkish

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Page from the Treasury of Secrets (Makhzan al-Asrar) by Nizami

Persian

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Rustam wrestles and defeats Puladvand, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Opening folio from a Qur'an

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Description of the Prophet (Hilya al-nabi), by Hafiz Osman (d. 1698)

Arabic

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The Ruzbihan Qur'an

Shiraz

Arabic

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The deer and gazelle flatter the lion to save the man’s life, from Tales of a Parrot (Ṭūṭīnāma) by Ẓiya’ al-Dīn Nakhshabī (d. 1350)

Persian

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On killing a dragon, Bahram Gur discovers a man's body in its stomach, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Sale of land (Gebelein)

Egyptian (Ancient)

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Portrait of a Safavid official

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Akbar's forces ride out to defeat Muhammad Husayn Mirza in 1573, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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The Ibn al-Bawwab Qur'an

Baghdad

Arabic

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Akbar receives congratulations 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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Abu'l-Fazl presents Akbar with the second volume of the emperor's biography, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

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Sofa of Shams-i in Tabriz, by Jalal al-Din in Rome

Persian

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Akbaras Rablas Kusin Mirza Sulaiman Advances ann before 1556, from the hester of Akbar (Kabernama), B. Abu’l-Fazl

Agra

Persian

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

Mashhad

Persian

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Folios from an `Abbasid Qur'an

Arabic

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Papyrus accounts: the cloth merchant

Arabic

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`Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib in single combat with `Amr ibn `Abd al-Wadd, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498)

Shiraz

Persian

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al-Kawākib al-durriyya and madḥ khayr al-bariyya, by al-Būṣīrī (d. 1294), combined with Takhmīs al-Burda, by al-Fayyūmī

Arabic

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The robber-chief changes his opinion of the poet, from Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Sa`di

Herat

Persian

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Bahram Chubina returns thoughtfully to his companions, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Disguised as a dragon, Faridun tests the character of his three sons, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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Chinese lion and kylin combat

Undetermined

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The four friends outdo the hunter, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi

Persian

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Battle between the armies of Iran and Turan, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Persian

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