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Fatimid dynasty; text from chapter six of the Koran. Vertical parchment Koran pages with seven lines of Maghribi (North African-Spanish) version of Neshki. Black ink for consonants and diacritical marks. The text starts on the side with the shaped decoration; the first word is Sura 6, middle left starts with the middle of verse 151 ( ) and ends toward the end of verse 152 ( ) on the reverse. The interlaced decoration marks the end of a single verse, and the decoration the end of a fifth verse (145). The two pages in between are missing (verses 146-151). Two other leaves of this manuscript are in the Freer Gallery of Art (Nos. 29.68 and 29.69); they contain sections of Sura 5.; two sheets of parchment with text on recto and verso on each.

Page from Koran, 12th century

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Page from the 'Shah Nama'; illustration of Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) subduing the Africans; depiction of a realistic sixteenth-century Islamic battle

Iskandar (Alexander the Great) Battling the Zangi, c. 1550

Iran

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illuminated frontispiece originally comprised the title pages of a copy of the 'Shah Nama' (Book of Kings); central fields written in 'Thuluth' script; white calligraphic headings executed in 'Kufic' script

Frontispiece of the Shah Nama, late 15th century

Iran

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First miniature bought. This is one side of a double composition on two leaves. At the opening of the manuscript this page was detached. The other side, which is now missing, probably showed a King or Prince on an informal throne or on a carpet in front of a little pavilion, or under some kind of canopy. This is a very famous composition inaugurated by the celebrated Bihzad in his most famous manuscript, the Bustan of 1488 in the Royal Egyptian Library at Cairo. This shows the fenced-in terrace at the edge of a royal garden, the guard at the gate brandishing a stick against an intruder, and servants either preparing drinks or bringing fruits and other delectables on platters. ' If you look at this Bihzad double miniature ( as Illustrated in L. Binyan, I.V.S. Wilkinson & Gray - Persian Miniatures- Painting Plate LXVIII) you will notice that both the Cairo prototype and your miniature show the fenced- in terrace at the edge of a royal garden, etc. Your miniature shows style of early 17th century. 'Illuminated star on back, inscription probably title or name of King for whom this manuscript written... It is nice to have miniature which is linked to one of greatest Persian painters who was admired from the period in which he lived to the present time.' R.E.

Courtyard Scene, early 17th century

Iran

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Cooking in the Open, 16th century

Iran

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Page from the Materia Medica, 1224

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One page illus., one text. Painting from Nizami's Haft Paikar, or 'Seven Effigies', a part of the 'Kahmsa' or 'Arintitt'. Illustration of King Bahram Gur visiting the pavillion of the princess of the Black Hall.

Bahram Gur in the Black Palace, 1525-1550

Iran

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A Man Gathering Plants, 1625-1650

Persia (Iran)

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Page from the Materia Medica, 1224

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Horizontal parchment page with 15 lines of Kufic writing on each side.

Page from the Koran, 11th century

Egypt or Mesopotamia

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43.31.1 and 51.37.16,.19,.24,.25 are all from the same manuscript, the "Majma' al-tavarikh."

The Arrival of King Mahmud's Envoy at Gananj, 1425-30

Ḥāfiẓ-i Abrū

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Moses overpowering Pharaoh with the aid of a dragon 43.31.1 and 51.37.16,.19,.24,.25 are all from the same manuscript, the "Majma' al-tavarikh."

Moses Prevailing over Pharaoh, 1425-1430

Ḥāfiẓ-i Abrū

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Painting from Nizami's Khusrau and Shirin.

Khusrau Subduing a Lion, late 15th century

Persia (Iran)

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An illustration from the story of Khusrau and Shirin in one of the books in the famous 'Arintitt, called Kahmsa', by Mizami. Farhad was a stone cutter who fell in love iwth Queen Shirin. The jealous King promised him Shirin if he could master the superhuman task of cutting a road through the mountain of Bisutuw. Farhad set out for his task, first carving the stone portrait of Shirin, so that he might behold her while he worked (which still exists in Persia). In this miniature can be seen Shirin on horseback. Farhad who has just recovered from a fainting spell after having seen her, kneels in front of her, on left side of engraved picture.

Shirin Visiting Farhad, late 15th century

Iran

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(Perhaps Tabriz School) Shirin greets the prince from the balcony. From the Romance of Khusrau and Shrin, by Nizami.

Prince Khusrau Arriving at Shirin’s Castle, late 15th century

Unknown Persian

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Page from the Koran, 12th century

Iran

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43.31.1 and 51.37.16,.19,.24,.25 are all from the same manuscript, the "Majma' al-tavarikh."

Battle Scene at Camp of Oghuz Khan, 1425-1430

Ḥāfiẓ-i Abrū

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A King Granting an Audience, 15th century

Iran

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Text from Sura 7 from the Koran. Vertical paper with nine lines of gold Neshki with thin black outlines to a page. Vowels and diacritical marks in red, reading marks in blue and black. The text is from Sura 7, starting in the middle of verse 23 and ending on the next page in the middle of verse 30. The gold rosettes indicae the end of a verse and give its unit number. The marginal decoration is the imprint of the decoration on the opposite page, marking the end of the twentieth verse.

Page from the Koran, 13th century

Iran

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A page from the Majmu'a-i Tavarikh. It depicts Mughith ad-Dunya Wa'd Din Qasin Mahmud, son of Mahmud, grandson of Malik Shah, great grandson of Alp Arslan of Seljuk dynasty, King of Iran (571-525 A.H. - 1117-1131 A.D.). The king is on his throne; a bird perched upon its back occupies right hand center of the picture. He gives audience to four men, one of whom kneels before him. At his left a man is seated near the king on a camp stool, while another, standing, peers in upon the scene from the edge of the picture. The scene is painted against a bluish white hillside, schemetically flecked with grass and outlined in violet against a golden sky. Warm tints of green, yellow and red, with greys and touches of gold unite with clear red and a bright blue to form the color scheme. 43.31.1 and 51.37.16,.19,.24,.25 are all from the same manuscript, the "Majma' al-tavarikh."

Sultan Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Malik-Shah Enthroned, 1425-30

Ḥāfiẓ-i Abrū

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Page from a Scientific Treatise, late 14th century

Egypt

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Text from Sura 37 and Title and Text from Sura 38. Four vertical paper pages with 12 lines of Neskhi writing to the regular page. Consonants, diacritical marks, vowels, reading marks in black, only the words 'Glory be to the Lord' or just 'Glory', 'God' in gold. The page (with decorative chapter heading) starts with the Sura 37 verse 177 and ends at verse 6 of Sura 38. The chapter heading says 'Sura Sad(which is a letter of the alphabet, and the character with which the actual sura starts) eighty-six verses of Mekkan origin'. The first of the predeeding page starts wit Sura 37, verse 99 and the text is continuous. On the second page a decorarive marginal disc indicates the begining of a section for the daily reading portion. The decorative frontispiece and four leaves with chapter headings are in the Freer Gallery of Art (30.55-59).

Page from the Koran, c. 1350

Egypt

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Style of Riza Abbasi

The Lovers, c. 1630-1640

Iran

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The same scene described in Schroeder's Persian Miniatures, pp 51 H, illustrated on pp VIII, Cambridge 1942. Another miniature of the same scene in a famous manuscript in library of Royal Asiatic Society, London, illustrated in J.V.S. Wilkinson's Shah Namah of Firdausi, where is to be found account of whole story. This miniature No. 923 should be dated toward end of 14th century. It is colorful and the figures

Tahmineh Visits Rustam, c. 1440-1445

Iran

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Two pages of text

Page from the Koran, 9th-10th century

Iran

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Piran begging forgiveness of Young Kai Khusrau from Afrasiab. From Shah Namah by Firdausi.

Shirin Begging Forgiveness from Khasraw, 14th century

Iran

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King Enthroned from the Book of Kings, 1341

Iran

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horizontal page with 4 lines of Persian Kufic writing in black for the consonants and diacritical marks, red for the vowels, green and blue for reading marks (green for wasla, blue for hamza, tashid, sukun); text starts (on the side which has the New York Exhibition label) with Sura 54, middle of verse 27 and goes towards the end of verse 31; the gold discs with the green center mark the end of a single verse, the large marginal half-disc the end of a fifth verse, and the large round discs in the margin the end of the thirtieth verse

Page from the Qur’an, 993

Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yasin

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in the style of Sadi; two drunkards are trying to help one another up

Two Drunkards, c. 1550-1600

Iran

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scene from a Shah Namah MS by Firdausi, probably painted in Shiraz of Isfahan; the Khagan sends his brother Tuwurg to pursue Curdiya, sister of Bahram Chubina; Curdiya, clad in her brother's armor, parleys with him before she slays him; Paintings - Album

Gordiya Parleys with Tuwurg, 1341

Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn Husaini (known as al-Mausili)

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Two pages from a manuscript of the 'Shah Nama' (Book of Kings) written by the poet Firdawsi around 1010; illustrations of King Bahram Chubina enthroned (right) and a shah receiving an embassy (left)

Rustam before Kay Kavous, 1341

Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn Husaini (known as al-Mausili)

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From the Book of Kings by Firdausi. A Shah Namah illustration. 11 from the same work illustrated and well described by E. Blochet in Rupam No.41, Jan. 1930. Date there 1200.

Rakhsh, Rustam's Horse, Kills a Lion While His Master Sleeps, c. 1300

Western Iran or Baghdad

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Description Young girl showing her invention of spinning to the ladies. 'The Spinners' is a delightful miniature. The colors are very good and the subject matter and the treatment of the landscape-half Persian, half Chinese- is of special interest. R.E. The daughter of Haftwad increases her daily spinning in the mountain side iwth the help of the appleworm. Haftwad's daughter is with the other girls of the city of Kujarn. (Warner and Warner Vol. VI, p. 233).

Story of Haftvad, c. 1300

Western Iran or Baghdad

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Page from the 'Chahar Magaleh' (Four Discourses also known as 'The Mirror for Princes'. Probably made for Baysonghar, the grandson of Tamarlane. Miniature.

al-Mam’un Proposes Marriage, 1431

Baysunghur school

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Fragment of the Koran, 9th century

Iraq or Iran

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