Persian Miniature movement — works
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The Lovers
Rustam Takes Aim at Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings)
Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso)
Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020) (verso)
Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, page from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian,1247–1318)
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (verso)
A marbled picture of Rustam catching Rakhsh
An East African King Receives Three Emissaries, from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
A dancing dervish and three musicians, from a Divan (Collected Poems) of Urfi (Persian, 1555–1591)
The third suitor, who is an archer, shoots the wicked fairy who has imprisoned Zuhra. He rides on a magic horse prepared by the second suitor and is led to the spot by the divining prowess of the first, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fo
Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492)
From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary) compiled by Mir Jamal al-Din Husayn Inju of Shiraz (Persian, d. 1626)
Illuminated page (verso), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492) with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)
Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020), (recto)
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (recto)
The Witch Anqarut ties Malik Iraj to a tree
Double Title Page of a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi
Right-Hand Page from the Qur'an
Zal and Rudaba in a Palace, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi
Khusrau Gazing at Shirin, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami
Farhad Carrying Shirin and Her Horse, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami
Manuchehr Kills Tur, Manuscript from Shahnama
Zal Climbing to Rudaba, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi
The Wedding Night of Anushirvan and the Khaqan's Daughter (from a copy of Firdausi's Shahnama)
The Constellation Leo, folio probably from the Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars)
Royal Horse Inspection
The Lion Tamer
Rustam and the Simurgh
Lady with a Mirror
Officer of the Guards
Rustam and the Simurgh
Fainted Laila and Majnun-Based on the Khamsa of Persian poet Nizami
Calligraphy Painting