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al-Kawakib al-durriya fi madh khayr al-bariyya (Celestial lights in praise of the best of the creation) known as Qasida al-Burda (Ode to the Mantle of the Prophet) by Sharaf al-Din Abi Abdallah Muhammad ibn Sa'id Dalasi al-Busiri (d. 1296) and al-Hizb al-Sayfi (Prayer of the Sword)
ca. 1460

Egypt
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); Rustam encamped
ca.1425-1450

probably India
Kitab al-shifa bi-ta'rif huquq al-mustafa fi'l-hadith (Book on Islamic law, traditions and Muslim obligations) by Abu’l- Fadl Iyad b. Musa al-Yahsaba al-Andalusi (d.1149)
15th century

Egypt
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: blank; verso: A prince and princess surrounded by courtiers in a garden, right-hand half of a double-page
ca. 1480

probably Shiraz, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text: Kay Kavus fighting with the King of Barbaristan (Barbary), battle of Kay Kavus and the King of Hamaveran; verso: Message of Kay Kavus to the King of Hamaveran: asking for Sudaba's hand in marriage
late 15th century?

Iran or India?
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); Rustam before Kay Ka'us
3rd quarter of 15th century

Possibly India
Khamsa (Quintet) and Divan by Khwaju Kirmani (d. 1352 or 1361)
1438 (841 A.H.)

Shiraz, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); Rustam and Isfandiyar in combat
ca.1440

Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Suhrab in combat with Rustam; recto: text
circa 1440

Iran
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); Shirin presents a jug of milk to Farhad
ca. 1490

probably Shiraz, Iran
Two women carrying a tea service
15th century

Historic Iran, present-day Afghanistan