Codices

1,167 artworks

"The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water", Folio 44r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi, 1486

Letter in Ta'liq Script

Darvish 'Abdullah Munshi, 1490

"Laila Visiting Majnun in the Desert", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Ala al-Din Muhammad, 1495

"Bahram Gur in the Red Pavilion", Folio from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Nizami, 1495

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

Ala al-Din Muhammad, 1495

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

Ala al-Din Muhammad, 1495

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

Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami, 1498

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

Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami, 1498

Khusrau and Shirin

Hatifi, 1498

Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Mir 'Ali al-Husaini, 1498

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

Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami, 1498

Anthology of Persian Poetry in Oblong Format (Safina)

Sultan Muhammad Nur, 1499

Divan of Sultan Husayn Baiqara

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi, 1499

Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)

Muhi al-Din Lari, 1500

"Rustam Brings the Div King to Kai Kavus for Execution", Folio 127v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1500

"The Marriage of Sudaba and Kai Kavus", Folio 130r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1500

"Rustam Slays Isfandiyar", Folio 466r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1500

Anthology of Persian Poetry

Amir Shahi of Sabzavar, 1500

"Manuchihr Welcomes Sam but Orders War upon Mihrab", Folio 80v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1500

"Giv Avenges Bahram by Slaying Tazhav", Folio 248r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1500

"Bahram Gur in the Blue Pavilion", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Nizami, 1500

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

Nizami, 1500

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

Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i, 1500

"Sam Seals His Pact with Sindukht", Folio 85v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1500