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Gudarz Pays Homage to Kay Khusraw and Shows Him the Enemy Corpses (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Unknown Artist, 1575-1590

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Gushtaham and Banduy Blind Hurmuzd (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

The Death of Luhrasp in Battle against the Forces of Arjasp (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Rustam's Seventh Course: He Slays the White Demon (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

The Caliph Harun al-Rashid in the Bath (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Makhzan al-Asrar) by Nizami

Unknown Artist, 1584

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Yazdigird Murdered by Khusraw the Miller (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Unknown Artist, c. 1480

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

15th centuryPersian

Khusraw Parviz Murdered in his Sleep (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Unknown Artist, c. 1480

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

15th centuryPersian

Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad, right-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript

Ismail bin Ibrahim Bosnavi (calligrapher, d. 1748), first half of the 18th century

Ink, gold and silver on paper

18th centuryOttoman

The Burial of Yazdigird (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Illuminated title page: opening verses of the Shahnama, folio from a manuscript of the Shanama by Firdawsi

Ink and gold on paper

Epilogue to the Shahnama (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Ink and gold on paper

Illuminated frontispiece, left-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript of the Khulasa al-Akhbar

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Illuminated frontispiece, right-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript of the Khulasa al-Akhbar

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th century

Story of Piran Convincing Siyavush to Take Farangis as his Wife (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Episodes from the wedding of Zal and Rudaba

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Episodes from the Story of Siyavush (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Unknown Artist, late 16th century to early 17th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th-17th centuryPersian

Double page: Rustam Mourns Sohrab and Carries His Coffin (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Unknown Artist, 1575-1590

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Episodes from the Story of Hurmuzd (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Double page: The Death of Luhrasp in Battle against the Forces of Arjasp (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper