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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; recto: Rustam and his men attack Afrasiyab's palace; verso: text
circa 1590-1600

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

Central Asia
Folio from a Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Folio from a Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Folio from a Garshaspnama (Book of Garshasp) by Asadi Tusi (d. 1072); verso: Battle between a demon and two men; recto: text
circa 1580

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

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari (d.1206); recto: Two drinking men; verso: text, A hydraulic device
1315 (715 A.H.)

Probably Syria
Folio from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation); recto: Crossbreeds: Bactrian Camels (al-Bukhti), Man/Bear (Mutawallid bayan al-Insan wa al-Dubb); Verso: Wolf/Hyena (Mutawallid bayan al-Dhib wa al Dabu), Dog/Wolf (Mutawallid bayan al-Kalb wa
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); verso: Two men obtaining clay for medical use; recto: text
1224 (621 A.H.)

Probably Baghdad, Iraq
Folio from an unidentified text; verso: Man offering fruit and flower; recto: illuminated text
early 17th century

Iran
Folio from a Sulwan al-muta (Solace of pleasure) by Ibn Zafar; recto: text, ; verso: illustration: The horse and the boar
ca.1335

Probably Egypt