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Ewer, Iran or Afghanistan, ca. 1180-1210. Creator: UnknownEwer, Iran or Afghanistan, ca. 1180-1210. Harpies and astrological imagery heighten the auspiciousness of this ornament
The Story of Hushang (recto), Illustration and text (Persian Prose)... early 1400sThe Story of Hushang (recto), Illustration and text (Persian Prose) from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru; Text Page, Persian Prose, (verso)
The Story of Hushang, from a Majma al-tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories)... 1425 - 1450The Story of Hushang, from a Majma al-tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru (recto), 1425 - 1450
Text Page, Persian Prose, (verso), from Majmac al-Tavarikh... c. 1425. Creator: UnknownText Page, Persian Prose, (verso), from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru, c. 1425
Quran Manuscript Folio (Verso); Right folio of Double-Page Illuminated Frontispiece, 1500s. The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise
Quran Manuscript Folio (verso); Text Page, 1500s. Creator: UnknownQuran Manuscript Folio (verso); Text Page, 1500s. The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise. Surah XXXIX: 1-3 The Quran is the sacred book of Islam
Quran Manuscript Folio (Recto); Left Folio of Double-Page Illuminated Frontispiece, 1500s. The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise
Quran Manuscript Folio (Recto); Illuminated Page, 1500s. Creator: UnknownQuran Manuscript Folio (Recto); Illuminated Page, 1500s. The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise. Surah XXXIX: 1-3 The Quran is the sacred book of Islam
Persian Verse (khamriyya), c. 1509-59. Creator: UnknownPersian Verse (khamriyya), c. 1509-59
Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises, c. 1509-59. This page contains two quatrains--poems made up of four lines
Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso), c. 1509-50. This page contains two quatrains--poems made up of four lines
Illuminated Folio (recto) from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sadi (c. 1213-1291), c. 1475-1500, borders added c. 1550
Carpet, 1500s. Creator: UnknownCarpet, 1500s. The Mughals, with their nomadic Central Asian roots, were constantly on the move
Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso), c. 1440-1520. Creator: UnknownCalligraphy, Persian Verses (verso), c. 1440-1520. The handsome youth lassoing the feisty colt in this painting is Rustam, the Shahnamas most popular hero
Eldred Pottinger at Herat, Afghanistan, c1837, (1900). In 1837, Anglo-Indian soldier and diplomatist Pottinger (1811-1843) made a journey through Afghanistan in disguise