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School scene
ca.1540

Tabriz, Iran
Detached folio frontispiece from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (died 1325)
ca. 1530-1540

Tabriz, 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 Guy u Chawgan (The ball and the polo-mallet) by Arifi (d.1449)
1546 (953 A.H.)

Tabriz, Iran
Divan (collected poems) by Khatai (Shah Isma'il) (d. 1524)
ca.1520

Tabriz, Iran
Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) by Jami (d. 1492); Imam Zayn al-Abidin visits the Ke'ba
1549-50 (956 A.H.)

Tabriz?, Iran
Divan (Collected poems) by Sultan Ahmad Jalayir (d.1410)
circa 1400

Tabriz or Baghdad, Iran or Iraq
Anthology
1523-24 (930 A.H.) and ca. 1600

probably Tabriz and Qazvin or Isfahan, Iran
Album folio; A winter scene, A Sufi and courtier conversing at a shrine
mid-16th century

Qazvin or Tabriz, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; recto: text, Faridun captures Zahhak; verso: Faridun strikes Zahhak with the ox-headed mace
circa 1525

Tabriz, Iran
Khusraw at the castle of Shirin, from a manuscript of the Khusraw and Shirin by Nizami (d.1209), recto: illustration: Khusraw at the castle of Shirin; verso: text
ca. 1400

Tabriz, Iran
Khusraw u Shirin by Nizami (d.1209)
ca. 1400

Tabriz, Iran

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