A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of footmen and musicians, page from a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)

The image depicts a framed illustration of a charioteer and entourage. The frame is rectangular with a brown border and a black and gold patterned inner edge. Inside the frame, a large, blank beige rectangle dominates the right two-thirds of the image. The left third of the image contains an illustration. The top section of the illustration shows a rocky landscape with a blue sky, gray rocks, and a distant building on a green hill. In the main section of the illustration, a charioteer rides a brown chariot pulled by two brown horses. The charioteer wears a green shirt and sits on the left side of the chariot. A man in a red outfit and a gold crown sits on the right side of the chariot. Several people surround the chariot: some play musical instruments, and others stand or sit. The people wear colorful clothing in shades of orange, blue, green, yellow, white, and purple. The background of the illustration is a mix of green, purple, and blue. The bottom of the illustration shows a small section of yellow ground with gray rocks and plants.

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Dimensions: 601 × 900 px
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Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492); verso from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)

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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)

A prince riding a composite elephant

The Entry into Jerusalem (folio 156 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

Royal Reception in a Landscape, right folio from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)

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Salome Receiving John the Baptist’s Head on a Platter (folio 112 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

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A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of footmen and musicians, page from a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)

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