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Folio from a Gulistan (Rosegarden) by Sa'di; recto: text with illuminated border; verso: text with illuminated border
Text dated 1468, illumination added early 16th c., paintings repainted ca. 1645

Present-day Afghanistan, India, and Iran
A couple converse by a stream
ca. 1500

Iran or Central Asia
Mathnavi-ye ma'navi (Rhyming couplets of profound spriritual meaning) by Rumi (d.1273)
1458-1459 (863 A.H.) (text); ca. 1530 (illumination and painting)

Herat (text), Afghanistan
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Suhayli (d. 1501-2)
first half 16th century

Herat, Afghanistan