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Bookbinding
16th century

Iran
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 a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz; recto: Bearded man and a woman in a landscape; verso: text, five couplets of poem
1658-1659

Iran
Sections of a Qur'an copied for Baghdadshah Khatun
Attributed to 1511-12 (917 A.H.)

Iran
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209)
16th century

Iran
Two ladies carry flowers
19th century

India
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Bahram Gur slays a dragon in India, text: Bahram marries the daughter of Shangal, king of India; verso: text: Bahram Gur flees from India
February 1341 (Ramadan 741 A.H.)

Shiraz, Iran
Book cover
16th century

Iran
Lampas fragment depicting two standing figures and flowers on a green ground
circa 1600 or later

Iran
Equestrian Portrait of Jahangir
ca. 1900

India
Textile fragment
early to mid-18th century

Iran
Hunt
1626 (1035 A.H.)

Isfahan, Iran