An anonymous version of the adventures of Sindbad in Persian verse, thought to have been originally composed in Sanskrit and subsequently translated into many languages. This copy is believed to have been executed in Golconda, India, around the year 1575. It is written in nastaʻliq script and co...
Shāhanshāhanāmah by Ṣabā, Fatḥ ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, d. 1822 or 3 شاهنشاهنامه
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Shāhinshāhnāmah Decorations: Miniature: Folio 28r: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh''s defeat of Ṣādiq Khān Shiqāqī. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm. Miniature: Folio 32r: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh seated on the Peacock Throne, two princess to his left, ministers on his right and before him presenting bags of money on trays. D...
Persian epic poetry Decorations: Miniature: Folios 1v - 2r: Double-page miniature within a gorgeous illuminated border, of Sulaymān and Queen of Sheba, a large and crowded composition; the execution is meticulous, but the drawing of the faces a trifle weak. Each half (miniature only) Dimensions...
Magnificent copy of the poems of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār, Shah of Iran (r. 1797-1834), who wrote poetry under the name Khāqān. Original Qajar binding with portraits of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh