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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Giv finds Kay Khusraw; recto: text: Giv finds Kay Khusraw in Turan's meadow
ca.1520-1550

Shiraz, Iran
A ruler enthroned
Painting ca. 1590; illumination ca. 1880

Khurasan?, Iran
Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (died 1492); painting: Zulaykha and an elderly man listen to a conversation
ca.1560-1570

Khurasan, Iran
Folio from a Majma' al-tavarikh (Compendium of chronicles) by Hafiz-i Abru (died 1430); recto: Jesus and Sam; verso: text
ca.1426

Herat, Historic Iran, present-day Afghanistan
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Bahram Gur before Shangul; recto: text
circa 1520-1530

Shiraz, Iran
Folio from an unidentified text; verso: Two men carrying pitchers approach a building
circa 1520

Shiraz, Iran
Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); recto: Zulaykha's maids entertain Yusuf in the garden; verso: text
circa 1575

Khurasan, Iran
Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); verso: Potiphar and Zulaykha enthroned; recto: text
circa 1575

Khurasan, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); A reclining woman surrounded by attendants
3rd quarter of 15th century

Possibly India
Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209)
ca. 1570-1580

Shiraz, Iran
Equestrian portrait of Shahjahan (r. 1628-58)
1750-1770

Rajasthan state, India
Folio from a dispersed copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); recto: illuminated table of contents; verso: A prince seated in a landscape with attendants, right-hand half of a double-page frontispiece
ca.1600

Isfahan, Iran