Nizami
ca. 1620–30 · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper · Islamic Art
Page of Calligraphy from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)Muhammad ibn Taj al-Din Haidar Muzahhib Shirazi
"Allusion to Sura 27:16", Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)Farid al-Din `Attar|Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Page of Calligraphy from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of FirdausiAbu'l Qasim Firdausi
"Gushtasp Kills the Wolf of Fasiqun", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and HafizSa'di|Hafiz|Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and HafizSa'di|Hafiz|Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'iMir Ali Shir Nava'i
"Fifth Joust, The Death of Simurgh by the Hands of Isfandiyar," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Page from a Persian Epic Poem (Masnavi)Unknown
Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and HafizSa'di|Hafiz|Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)Farid al-Din `Attar|Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Album Page with Calligraphy Exercise (siyah mashq) by Muhammad Shah Qajar (3rd Ruler of the Qajar Dynasty)Muhammad Shah