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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
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: inscription and seal; verso: Painting: A prince enthroned and surrounded by attendants
ca. 1425-1430

Herat, Historic Iran, present-day Afghanistan
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); A reclining woman surrounded by attendants
3rd quarter of 15th century

Possibly India
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325); Nizamuddin Awliya with three attendants
ca. 1450 or earlier

India
Folio from a dispersed copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); recto: illuminated table of contents; verso: A prince seated in a landscape with attendants, right-hand half of a double-page frontispiece
ca.1600

Isfahan, Iran
Divan (Collected poems) by Jami (d. 1492)
2nd half of 16th century

Iran
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: A prince enthroned surrounded by attendants; verso: gold and blue rulings
circa 1425-1430

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

Central Asia
Gustaham before the talisman made in the form of a woman with her attendants, from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi
early 14th century

Iran