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Islamic Art the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin v 36 No 2 Fall 1978
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 36 | NUMBER 2
"Islamic Art"
Ettinghausen, Richard
1978
48 pages
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"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Habiballah of Sava
ca. 1600
"Physician Preparing an Elixir", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides
'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl
dated 621 AH/1224 CE
Folio from the De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
13th century
"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
"Nushirvan Eating Food Brought by the Sons of Mahbud", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
1330s
"Zal is Restored to his Father Sam by the Simurgh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
"Rustam Kills the White Div", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
Princely Couple
1400–1405
"Siyavush Displays his Skill at Polo before Afrasiyab," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
dated 741 AH/1341 CE
"Elias and Khizr at the Fountain of Life', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
late 15th century
"Conquest of Baghdad by Timur", Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victory)
Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi
Dhu'l Hijja 839 AH/June–July 1436 CE
Anthology of Persian Poetry
15th century
Four Captive Demons
1470–1500
"Three Men Before a Castle", Folio from a Khavarannama (The Book of the East) of ibn Husam al-Din
Maulana Muhammad Ibn Husam ad Din
ca. 1476–86
"Shaikh San'an beneath the Window of the Christian Maiden", Folio18r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
Portrait of Muhammad Khan Shaibani, the Uzbek (d.1510)
16th century
"The Mi'raj or The Night Flight of Muhammad on his Steed Buraq", Folio 3v from a Bustan of Sa`di
Sultan Muhammad Nur
ca. 1525–35
"Zal Slays Khazarvan", Folio 104r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
"The Angel Surush Rescues Khusrau Parviz from a Cul-de-sac", Folio 708v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35
"The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525
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