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Double-Sided Gospel Leaf

Prayer Book

Qur'an

"Krishna and Balarma Fighting the Enemy", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Iskandarnama (Book of Alexander)

"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

"Balarama and Krishna Fighting the Enemy", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Bookbinding

"Akbar Hunting", Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar)

"Tumanba Khan, His Wife, and His Nine Sons", Folio from a Chingiznama (Book of Genghis Khan)

"A Bathhouse Keeper is Consumed by Passion for his Beloved", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"King Sal Visits Kala Yavana", Folio from a Harivamsa (Legend of Hari (Krishna))

"Sultan Bayazid before Timur", Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar)

"Meeting between Babur and Sultan 'Ali Mirza near Samarqand", Folio from a Baburnama (The Book of Babur)

"Emperor Babur Receiving a Visitor", Folio from a Baburnama (The Book of Babur)

"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Papyrus Fragment

Papyrus Fragment

Papyrus Fragment

Papyrus Fragment

Papyrus Fragment

Papyrus Fragment

Papyrus Fragment

Bi-folium from a Qur'an Manuscript

"Zulaikha Seizing the Skirt of Joseph's Robe", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

Portrait of Muhammad Khan Shaibani, the Uzbek (d.1510)

Group of Dervishes

Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)

"Yusuf Arriving in Egypt and Leaving the Ship in the Nile", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Bustan (Orchard) of Sa'di

Section of a Qur'an Manuscript

"Yusuf and Zulaikha", Folio 51r from a Bustan of Sa`di

"Yusuf Tending the Flocks", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

"Sultan Listening to a Man Reading from a Manuscript", Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

Folio from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Portrait of a Dervish

Garden Scene

"Interior Reception", Folio 36r from a Bustan of Sa`di

"Bahram Gur in the Turquoise Palace on Wednesday", Folio 216 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"Khusrau Catches Sight of Shirin Bathing", Folio 50 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble)

"Bahram Gur on the Chase", Folio 10r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Decorative Drawing

"Khusrau Seated on his Throne", Folio 64 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"Shaikh Mahneh and the Villager", Folio 49r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Portrait of a Lady Holding a Flower

"Bahram Gur in the White Palace on Friday", Folio 235 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"Laila and Majnun at School", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"How a Braggart was Drowned in a Well", Folio 33v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"Preparation for a Feast", Folio from a Divan of Jami

"Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru

"Khusrau Arriving at Shirin's Palace", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"Alexander at a Banquet", Folio 321b from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Overflap and Inside Cover of a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

"Alexander the Great and Dying Darius", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru

"Laila and Majnun in School", Folio 129 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"Battle Scene", Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi

Illuminated Opening Page Titled Laila and Majnun from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"Bahman Taking Revenge on the Sistanians" Folio from the Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru

"Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman", Folio 17 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

A Stallion

Divan (Collected Works) of Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i

"Captured Indian Raja Brought to Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (World Histories)

"Bahram Gur in the Green Palace on Monday", Folio 224 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"The Beggar who Professed his Love for a Prince", Folio 28r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Miniature Qur'an and Qur'an Case

"Muslim Pilgrim to Mecca Meets a Brahman on the Road", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz

"Sakyamuni (Buddha) Announces Another Prophet", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)

Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble)

Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

"Marriage of Khusrau and Shirin", Folio 104 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja