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Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: illustration: The last meeting of Layla and Majnun; verso: text
1548 (955 A.H.)

Shiraz, Fars, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (died 1020); recto: preface, left-hand half of a double page frontispiece; verso: sarlawh and text
ca.1590-1600

Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: The beginning of the Shahnama of Hakim Firdawsi; verso: last section of Baysunghuri preface
circa 1590-1600

Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Rustam rescues Bijan from the pit; recto: text
circa 1590-1600

Shiraz, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Iskandar and Khidr on horseback; verso: text, Iskandar seeks the fountain of life
circa 1590-1600

Shiraz, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); Siyawush's ordeal by fire
circa 1590

Isfahan?, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Rustam slays Suhrab; recto: text
circa 1590-1600

Shiraz, Iran
Folio from aShahnama(Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Bijan hunts boars; recto: text, Bijan proceeds to fight the boars
circa 1600

Isfahan?, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Ardashir slays Haftwad; verso: The story of slaying of Haftwad's worm
circa 1580

Qazvin?, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Garsivaz being flogged while Afrasiyab is dragged from the lake; verso: Afrasiyab's night raid to Kay Khusraw's camp
circa 1580

Qazvin?, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Kay Khusraw, Farangis and Giv cross the Jayhun; verso: Giv's letter to his father
ca. 1590-1600

Shiraz, Iran
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text; verso: The envoys of Salm and Tur before Faridun
circa 1560

Shiraz, Iran