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Folio from a Qur'an, sura 98:4,5-8; sura 99:1-8; sura 100:1-11; sura 101:1-11; sura 102:1-3
Second half 16th century

Turkey
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text, Mirin asked in marriage Caesar's second daughter; verso: verso: unidentified painting from another part of manuscript mounted on a folio with text: Gushtasp fighting a dragon
February 1341 (Ramadan 741 A.H.)

Shiraz, Iran
Stenciled border
19th century
A woman detained by a kneeling youth
ca. 1590s

Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Mihr u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by Assar (died ca.1377-1390)
ca. 1570-1580

Shiraz, Iran
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: A hunt
circa 1580

Shiraz, Iran
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); recto: blank; verso: Angels bow before Adam and Eve in Paradise
mid 1550s-early 1560s

Qazvin, Iran
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: Hamza and Ali in battle; verso: Bravery and courage of Ali and Hamza
1571-1572

Shiraz, Iran
Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d.1390)
19th century

Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir), India
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: An angel seated in a tree
circa 1580-1590

Iran or Turkey
Bookbinding
16th century

Iran
Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of victory) by Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (d. 1454); recto: Timur grants an audience on the occasion of his accession to the throne at Balkh; verso: text
1436 (839 A.H.)

Shiraz, Iran

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