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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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recto: rectangular image with text at top and bottom; battle scene with figures on horses and elephants, with swords and bows and arrows; figures at top in mountains fighting in hand-to-hand combat and throwing large rocks; bright multicolors; verso: black text with touch of red; gold lines around borders

The Armies of Timur Combat the Forces of Nasir al-Din Mahmud Tughluq, from the Zafarnama, 1595-1600

Bhora

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Miniature from a Nizami Manuscript depicting a King on a picnic with an animated group of courtiers in vivid costumes. The scene ia a rocky landscape with flowering shrubs and trees whose branches project into the side and top borders. Two small panels of inscription inset at top right and lower left.

A King Picnicking in the Mountains, c. 1560

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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The Execution of Mazdak, c. 1300

Western Iran or Baghdad

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Manuscript of the Baharistan, confronting illuminated pages and double frontispiece miniature. The Beharistan by Jami; Manuscript by Mir Husain Al Husaini the year 908 of Hijra Miniature, double fonts, Executed in Bukhara for the Sultan Abu'l-Ghazi 'Abdu'l-'Aziz Behadur Miniature is signed Mahmud al-Mudhahhib (in Fehzadian Tradition) Binding is made in Half size mold, inside paper is filigree Identification by Attinghausen-March 1957. (Fine Quality)

Manuscript of the Baharistan (Spring Garden), 1551

Mir Husain al-Husaini; Painter: Mahmud al-Muzahhib

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Double frontispiece from a 'Kolliat' manuscript originally written by the Persian poet, Sa'di; decoration consists of a wide floral arabesque framing the central rectangular unit, which is, in turn, divided into three fields by braided and floral bands

Double Frontispiece for the Kolliat, 16th century

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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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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Page from the Koran, 12th century

Iran

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Garden Scene with two Princes and Attendants. The painting is based on the romantic epic poem 'Gal-Mul' by Sa'di. The lyrical sweetness of this picture is particularly striking in the painting of the vegetation. Timurid of Ottoman period.

Garden Scene with Princes and Attendants, 15th century

Iran or Turkey

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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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drawing of a male figure seated on a lotus throne, with gold skin and red palms and soles of feet, holding a black object in his PL hand; red ground; 16 lines of text, in red, on back

Buddhist Ritual Instruction Card (Tsakali), 13th century

Tibet

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drawing of a male figure seated on a lotus throne with gold skin on red ground on front; 11 lines of text, in red, on back

Buddhist Ritual Card (Tsakali), 1200-1300

Tibet

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drawing of a female figure with a third eye and gold skin, seated cross-legged on a horse, brandishing a sword; red ground on front; 9 lines of text, in red, on back

Buddhist Ritual Instruction Card (Tsakali), 13th century

Tibet

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drawing of a male figure seated on a lotus throne, looking toward his PR side; gold ground; 12 lines of text, in red, on back

Buddhist Ritual Instruction Card (Tsakali), 13th century

Tibet

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A Maharana of Mewar Worshipping an Icon, c. 1850

India

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seated lady with female attendant holding fan; surrounded with Japanese brocade

Court Lady with Attendant, 1720-1730

India

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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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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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King Enthroned from the Book of Kings, 1341

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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frontal view of seated middle-aged woman wearing blue robe with undergarments with gold dragons; chest piece of gold with white chicken and multicolored clouds or smoke; beads of white, red and jade hang from shoulders; gold earrings with white and red beads

Portrait of a Ranking Official's Wife, 19th century

China

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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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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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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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