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Folio from Divan (collected poems) by Sultan Husayn Mirza (d.1506)
ca. 1490

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from an Anthology; Frontispiece: an old man and a youth in a mountain landscape
1524-1525 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390)
1523-24 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Sa'di and the two Indian robbers; folio from a Gulistan (Rose garden) by Sa'di
ca. 1490

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from Divan (collected poems) of Sultan Husayn Mirza (d.1506); calligraphy
ca.1490

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from the Majma' al-tawarikh (Compendium of history) by Hafiz Abru (d.1430); recto: The Birth of Muhammad; verso: text, Wet nurse Halima and her husband, Harith, taking care of infant Muhammad
1426 (829 A.H.)

Herat, Historic Iran, present-day Afghanistan
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: left-hand half of a double-page frontispiece; verso: text, poem of spiritual love and moral rectitude
1523-24 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio of Calligraphy
ca. 1540-1550

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); verso: frontispiece; recto: inscription and seals
1523-24 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); verso: lovers in a garden; recto: text, poem of annihilation of worldly possessions
1523-24 (930 A.H.)

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); recto: Egyptian women overwhelmed by Yusuf's beauty; verso: text, Egyptian women cut their hands at the sight of Yusuf's beauty
circa 1525

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); Couple with attendants; verso: text: Chapter thirty-one: discrediting overindulgence in eating, part from Khusraw va Shirin
circa 1513

Herat, Afghanistan