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Bahram Gur gains Ardashir’s quest of the crown (text recto; painting verso of folio 196), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Fitna carries a calf on her shoulder up a sixty-step tower (text verso; painting recto of folio 200), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Bahram and a courtly feast (text verso; painting recto of folio 210), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Mahan confronted by demons finds his horse transformed into a seven-headed dragon (text recto; painting verso of folio 224), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Bahram Gur meeting a shepherd who hung his dog on a tree (text recto; painting verso of folio 238), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Illuminated sarlawh of Sharaf-nama (Iskandar-nama), (text recto; illumination verso of folio 243), sarlawh from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Battle between Iskandar and Dara (text verso; painting recto of folio 262), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Iskandar comforting the dying Dara (text recto; painting verso of folio 276), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Nushaba recognizing Iskandar by his portrait (text verso; painting recto of folio 291), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Khaqan of Chin invites Iskandar (text recto; painting verso of folio 313), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Illuminated sarlawh of Iqbal-nama (text recto; illumination verso of folio 337), from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Iskandar with the seven sages (text verso; painting recto of folio 357), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio (text verso; text recto of folio 384), from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Manuscript of Du'a-yi Davazdah Imam (The Prayer of Twelve Imams) by Khwaja Nasir al-Din Tusi, and other prayers

Ink, colors, and gold on paper; wooden binding

A short prayer on the flyleaf (prayer recto; blank verso of folio 1) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Illuminated sarlawh (blank recto; sarlawh verso of folio 2) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio with illuminated margin (text with illuminated margin recto; text verso of folio 3) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio with illuminated margin (text recto; text with illuminated margin verso of folio 16) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Illuminated colophon and a prayer in a later hand (colophon recto; prayer verso of folio 17) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Ink, colors, and gold on paper