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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; recto: Kay Khusraw prepares to behead Afrasiyab; verso: text
circa 1590-1600

Iran
Folio from an Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa gharaib al-mawjudat (Wonders of creation and oddities of existence) by al-Qazvini (died 1283); recto: A man by the edge of a stream; verso: text
ca.1590-1600

Qazvin, Iran
Folio from a Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) by Jami (d.1492); recto: Khusraw Parviz and Shirin deal with the fishmonger; verso: text
1556-1565

Iran
Suwaru-l-kawakib (Description of the Fixed Stars) by 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (incomplete)
16th century

Probably Iran