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Kammavacha (Manuscript of Buddhist Monastic Rules)
19th century

Burma
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); recto: Battle between Kay Khusraw and Afrasiyab; verso: text: Letter of Kay Khusraw to Kavus and his victory
1493-1494 (899 A.H.)

Gilan, Iran
Sultan Khurram (Shah Jahan)
ca. 1615

India
Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209)
1433-1434 (837 A.H.)

Shiraz, Fars, Probably Iran
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens), recto: Prophet Muhammad's night journey (Mi'raj); verso: text
mid 1550s-early 1560s

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

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

Probably Herat, Iran
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); recto: illuminated text: The story of Nushirwan and his vizier; verso: Nushirwan listens to the owls
circa 1525

Tabriz, Iran
The Elderly Shahjahan, from the Late Shahjahan Album
1640-1660

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

Shiraz, Iran
A Heroine Forcibly Enters a Jail to Liberate Heroes, from a Hamzanama
third quarter of 16th c.

India
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