Illustrations: (5v) The Prophet mounted on Burāq and escorted by angels passing over the Kaʻbah. (16r) Sulṭān Sanjar and the old woman. Ascribed to Mīrak(27v) Hārūn al-Rashīd and the barber. Ascribed to Mīrak and Bihzād
Illustrations:(154v) The building of the palace of Khavarnaq for Nuʻmān who was the guarian of the young Bahrām Gūr. Ascribed to Bihzād.(157r) Bahram Gūr kills the dragon. Ascribed to Bihzād. An artist’s name has been erased from the text panel(175r) Bishr feeling for the body of his drowned com...
Illustrations: (37v) The elders pleading before Hurmuzd on behalf of the young Khusraw. Ascribed to Bihzād.(39v) Shīrīn being shown the portrait of Khusraw by one of her handmaidens. Ascribed to Mīrak.(62v) Farhād arriving at Shīrīn’s palace. Inscription: ‘Written for the library of the great Amī...
Illustrations:(106v) Laylā and Majnūn at school. Ascribed to Mīrak and Bihzād, but to Qāsim ʻAlī in the text panel. Inscription over doorway containing Qur’anic texts.(128v) Majnūn visited by Salīm in the desert. Ascribed to Bihzād.(135v) Mourning the death of Laylā’s husband, Ibn Salām. Ascribed...
Iskandarnāmah. Beginning in this copy with the Khiradnāmah (ff 199v-234v)
Scope & Content:
Illustrations:(214r) Iskandar, in the likeness of Ḥusayn Bāyqarā, with the seven sages. Inscription: Year AH 900 (1494/95).(225v) Iskandar on the island near the ‘Lion’s Mouth’ whirlpool beating the wolfskin drum of the bronze talisman in order to still the waters. One of the figures in the boat ...
