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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: illuminated page of text, Baysunghuri preface; verso: twenty-five lines of prose from the Baysunghuri preface
circa 1590-1600

Iran
Left-hand half of a double-page calligraphy
Possibly 17th century

India
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; recto: text; verso: text: The twelfth discourse: on the lamentation of fortune
circa 1575

Khurasan, Iran
Folio from an unidentified text; Shapur fetches Shirin and pays homage to Khusraw
circa 1580

Qazvin, Iran
Seated youth holding an album
circa 1540

Tabriz, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text; verso: right-hand half of a double-page illumination
1341 (741 A.H.)

Shiraz, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Luhrasp enthroned, left-hand half of a double-page; verso: text: Gushtasp angered at Luhrasp
circa 1590-1600

Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Kay Kavus and his flying machine; recto: text: Kay Kavus' flight to the sky
circa 1590-1600

Iran
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d.1390); recto: A seated man with attendants; verso: text
19th century

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

India
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: The duel between Guraza and Siyamak; verso: The duel between Farukil and Zangula
circa 1440

Iran
Top: Head of a youth; Bottom: Old man drawn up cloth over his head
1630s

Isfahan, Iran