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Art Institute Chicago
Harvard art museum
My Exhibition
Text page with title “Letter of Kay Khusraw to Fariburz” (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
The Iranians Repel Afrasiyab’s Night Attack (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Bahram Gur in the Sandalwood Pavilion, from the Haft paykar
Persian
Guruy Executes Siyavush (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Story of How Garsivaz is Tortured to Capture Afrasiyab (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Story of Bahman Seeking Rustam and Launching a Boulder toward Him (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Story of the Expedition of the Army of Rum to Iran (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Episodes from the Story of Mahuy (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
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
Persian
Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad (recto); Geneaology of the Prophet Muhammad (verso) , left-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript
Ismail bin Ibrahim Bosnavi (calligrapher, d. 1748)
Episodes from the wedding of Zal and Rudaba
Persian
Text concerning Rustam’s fifth and sixth trials (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Makhsan al-Asrar) by Nizami
Persian
Colophon (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
The Burial of Yazdigird (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Story of Piran Convincing Siyavush to Take Farangis as his Wife (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Double page: Rustam Mourns Sohrab and Carries His Coffin (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Episodes from the Story of Hurmuzd (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
The Story of Rustam and Bahman (text, recto and verso), folio from the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Persian