Vechtscène tussen twee bereden krijger

Ruiter te paard en een bedelaar

King Anushirwan and the Owls, from the Khamsa of Nizami

The prince, once reprieved, is returned to the palace of execution a second time on the plea of the king’s handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Arjuna Slays Karna, from a copy of the Razmnama

Profeet in de wildernis

Manuscript pages showing battle scenes

Koninklijke jachtpartij

Rustam met draak

The prince rejects the amorous advances of the king’s handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

The young man, who has magically taken on the appearance of Mansur the merchant, arrives at his home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night

Manuchehr Kills Tur, Manuscript from Shahnama

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)

Khusran en Shimi

Zal and Rudaba in a Palace, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi

Faribus doodt Kulbad

Rustam neemt afscheid van Shah Kai Khusrau

Yusuf and Zulaykha (recto); Illustration and Text (Persian Verses) in an Anthology with some verses from Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) of Jami; The Fifth Throne

Grotesque Dancers Performing

Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets]

The king of Bahilistan offers his daughter to the King of Kings, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night

Vorstelijk gekleed persoon in een heuvelachtig landschap

Al-Mu'tazz Sends Gifts to Abdulla ibn Abdulla, from a copy of the Tarikh-i Alfi

The king plucks fruit from the Tree of Life with his own hands and feeds it to a lady, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night

Alexander Comforts the Dying Darius, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi