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Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); recto: Egyptian women overwhelmed by Yusuf's beauty; verso: text, Egyptian women cut their hands at the sight of Yusuf's beauty
circa 1525

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: Sufi dance; verso: text
1523-24 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: a polo game; verso: text, poem on qualities of the beloved and transience of life
1523-24 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from an Anthology; Frontispiece: an old man and a youth in a mountain landscape
1524-1525 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Anthology with works by Jalal ad-Din Rumi (d.1273), Nizami (d. 1209), Sa'di (d.1292) and Sana'i (d. 1131 or 1140)
1524-1525 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); Couple with attendants; verso: text: Chapter thirty-one: discrediting overindulgence in eating, part from Khusraw va Shirin
circa 1513

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio of calligraphy by Kamal al-Din Ikhtiyar al-Munshi al-Sultani (d. 974)
August-September 1552 (Ramadan 959 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Lawa'ih (Effulgences of light) by Jami (d.1492)
ca.1521-1525

Probably Herat, Iran
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: wine shop; verso: text
1523-24 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: left-hand half of a double-page frontispiece; verso: text, poem of spiritual love and moral rectitude
1523-24 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: text: Poem of the contentment of heart and soul; verso: illustration and text, Prince entertained on a terrace
1523-24 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: text, Poem of wisdom of love, beauty, and celebration of time; verso: illustration and text, Feast of 'id
1523-24 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan

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