Manuscript of the Mathnavi-i Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

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Illustrated Manuscript of the Divan of Shah Qasim Anvar

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Illustrated Manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Jami

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Illustrated Manuscript of the Gulistān (Rose Garden) by Sa`di

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Manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan (Selections from the Bustan by Sa`di)

Manuscript of the Munsha’at (Letters) by Sharaf Munshi

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Manuscript of the Risala-yi Hummiyat (Treatise on Fevers) by Abu al-Qasim al-Na’ini al-Isfahani

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Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami

Flyleaf (blank recto, blank verso of folio 1) from a manuscript of Subhat al-abrar by Jami

First flyleaf (short note recto; blank verso of folio 1), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

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Flyleaf with a drawing and erased seal impressions (erased seal impression recto; drawing verso of folio 1), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

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Acquisition note of Basile B. Corpi and the right half of the double-page illuminated frontispiece (acquisition note of Basile B. Corpi recto and illumination verso of folio 2) from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

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The left half of the double-page illuminated frontispiece (illumination recto; text verso of folio 3), frontispiece from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

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Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

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Sultan Sanjar and the old woman (text recto; painting verso of folio 18), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

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Illuminated sarlawh of the Khusraw and Shirin (text recto; sarlawh verso of folio 33), sarlawh from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizam

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Shirin looks at the portrait of Khusraw (text recto; painting verso of folio 46), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizam

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Khusraw catches sight of Shirin Bathing (text recto; painting verso of folio 50), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

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Battle of Khusraw and Bahram Chubin (text recto; painting verso of folio 62), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizam

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Shirin goes to Mount Bistun and meets Farhad (text recto; painting verso of folio 77), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizam

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