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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); recto: Kay Ka'us chained in a grotto by the white demon; verso: text, Ka'us sends a letter to Rustam the son of Zal and asks for help
1576-1577

Qazvin, Iran
Matla' al-sa'dayn va majma' al- bahrayn (the Rise of the stars and the junction of the two seas) by Abd al-Razzaq ibn Ishaq al-Samarqandi (d.1482)
1670

Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; recto: text, Faridun captures Zahhak; verso: Faridun strikes Zahhak with the ox-headed mace
circa 1525

Tabriz, Iran
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492); verso: The simple peasant entreats the salesman not to sell his wonderful donkey; recto: text
1556-1565

Iran
Sulwan al-muta' fi 'udwan al-atba' (Comfort of rulers when faced with the hostility of their followers) by Ibn Zafar (d.1170)
18th century?

Iran
Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390)
1523-24 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Akbar Receives News of the Victory at Gogunda, from an Akbarnama
ca. 1596-1600

India
Architectural fragment
16th-17th century

Iran
Architectural fragment
16th-17th century

Iran
Architectural fragment
16th-17th century

Iran
Architectural fragment
16th-17th century

Iran
Architectural fragment
16th-17th century

Iran

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