Iskander met twee dames

Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of a Thousand Years)

The Story of Hushang, from a Majma al-tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru (recto)

Amir Khusrau Dedicates His Poem to Sultan Ala al-Din Khalji, page from the Quintet (Khamsa) of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi

Rustam met draak

Prins Kushrau wenend in een landschap

Dood van Rustam en van Shaghad, een episode uit Firdausi's Shahnama (voltooid in 1010)

The unfaithful wife explaining away the presence of the dough elephant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Iskander met wijsgeer en paard

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

Text in Khamsa of Nizami (verso), from a Haft Paykar (Seven Portraits) of Nizami

Prins die geschenken ontvangt

Old Man Attended by Visitors

The merchant’s daughter gives birth to a son as a result of eating out of the box. The clever child recognizes the false gems from true, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night

Bahram Gur Visits the Princess of India in the Black Pavilion, Illustration and Text, Persian Verses (recto); Bahram Gur Visits the Princess of India, Text Page, Persian Verses (verso)

The young prince is crowned and the wicked handmaiden is executed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Twee dames met hun bedienden op een terras voor een paleis

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

The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-ninth Night

The marriage of ‘Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night

Zelfmoord van de Kai Kusran

The lover’s son makes an elephant of the pastry dough carried by the unfaithful wife and puts it in her basket, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-seventh night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night

Text page from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier