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Great Indian Fruit Bat
Painting attributed to Bhawani Das
Date: ca. 1777–82Accession Number: 2008.312
"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)
Date: ca. 1530Accession Number: 1970.301.51
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
Date: late 9th–early 10th centuryAccession Number: 30.45
"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
Date: dated A.H. 715/A.D. 1315Accession Number: 57.51.23
Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri (d. 1320–21)
Date: dated A.H. 707/ A.D. 1307–8Accession Number: 55.44
"Men Treading Grapes", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides
Date: dated A.H. 621/ A.D. 1224Accession Number: 56.20
Tughra (Official Signature) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)
Date: ca. 1555–60Accession Number: 38.149.2
A Stallion
Painting by Habiballah of Sava (active ca. 1590–1610)
Date: ca. 1601–6Accession Number: 1992.51
"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253–1325)
Date: 1597–98Accession Number: 13.228.28
"The Eavesdropper", Folio from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami
Maulana Azhar (d. 1475/76)
Date: ca. 1430Accession Number: 13.228.13.6
"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami
Nizami (Ilyas Abu Muhammad Nizam al-Din of Ganja) (probably 1141–1217)
Date: A.H. 931/A.D. 1524–25Accession Number: 13.228.7.5
"The Feast of Sada", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Date: ca. 1525Accession Number: 1970.301.2
"A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Date: 1597–98Accession Number: 13.228.29
Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi
Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (active 1340s)
Date: A.H. 741/A.D. 1340–41Accession Number: 19.68.1
Date: dated A.H. 531/ A.D. 1137Accession Number: 1996.238.2
"A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Date: 1597–98Accession Number: 13.228.26
Date: ca. 1555–60Accession Number: 38.149.1
Date: ca. 1180Accession Number: 29.160.24
"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))
Date: ca. 1590–95Accession Number: 28.63.1
Dragon Wrapped around Saz Leaves
Date: ca. 1550–70Accession Number: 2000.424
Qur'an Manuscript
Date: dated A.H. 1268/A.D. 1851–52Accession Number: 1980.603
Date: ca. 1180Accession Number: 29.160.23
"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Painting by Govardhan (active ca. 1596–1645)
Date: verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50Accession Number: 55.121.10.22
"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet)
Painting by Mustafa ibn Vali
Date: ca. 1595Accession Number: 1994.141
The Lovers
Painting by Riza-yi `Abbasi (ca. 1565–1635)
Date: dated A.H. 1039/ A.D. 1630Accession Number: 50.164
'Saz'-style Drawing of a Dragon amid Foliage
Shah Quli (active 1520–66)
Date: ca. 1540–50Accession Number: 57.51.26
The House of Bijapur
Painting by Kamal Muhammad (active 1680s)
Date: ca. 1680Accession Number: 1982.213
Calligraphic Galleon
'Abd al-Qadir Hisari
Date: dated A.H. 1180/ A.D. 1766–67Accession Number: 2003.241
"Preparing Medicine from Honey", Folio from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides
'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl
Date: dated A.H. 621/ A.D. 1224Accession Number: 57.51.21
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds)
Date: ca. 1600Accession Number: 63.210.11
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