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Double-Sided Gospel Leaf

Prayer Book

Qur'an

Iskandarnama (Book of Alexander)

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

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

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

Bookbinding

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

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

"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))

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

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

"Meeting between Babur and Sultan 'Ali Mirza near Samarqand", 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

Bi-folium from a Qur'an Manuscript

Papyrus Fragment

Section of a Qur'an Manuscript

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

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

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

Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)

Garden Scene

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

Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

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

Portrait of a Dervish

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

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

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

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

Group of Dervishes

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

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

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

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

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

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz

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

"Journey of the Prophet Muhammad", Folio from the Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)

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

"The Mi'raj or The Night Flight of Muhammad on his Steed Buraq", Folio 3v from a Bustan of Sa`di

"Chinese Emperor Standing in Pavilion", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru

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

"Bahram Gur's Skill with the Bow", Folio 17v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

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

"Bahram Gur in the Red Palace on Tuesday", Folio 220 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

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

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

"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"Battle between Alexander and Darius", Folio 279 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble)

"Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 23v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

A Stallion

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

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

Divan of Sultan Husayn Baiqara

"Bahram Gur in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 207 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

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

Illuminated Opening Page Titled Laila and Majnun 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)

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

"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)

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

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

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

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

Illuminated Frontispiece of a Manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)