# 15th-century Persia

Time and place · hang 749 · 10 works

Works made in Persia in the 15th century.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. ["Laila and Majnun at School", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/laila-and-majnun-at-school-folio-from-a-khamsa-quintet-of-ni-met-455041), Ja'far Baisunghuri, 835 AH/1431–32 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-persia/laila-and-majnun-at-school-folio-from-a-khamsa-quintet-of-ni-met-455041?hang=749)
2. [Royal Reception in a Landscape, left folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/royal-reception-in-a-landscape-left-folio-from-the-double-fr-cma-133448), Unrecorded Persian maker, 1444. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-persia/royal-reception-in-a-landscape-left-folio-from-the-double-fr-cma-133448?hang=749)
3. ["Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dancing-dervishes-folio-from-a-divan-of-hafiz-met-446892), Hafiz, ca. 1480. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-persia/dancing-dervishes-folio-from-a-divan-of-hafiz-met-446892?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. ["Zahhak is Told His Fate", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/zahhak-is-told-his-fate-folio-29v-from-the-shahnama-book-of-met-452113), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1524. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-persia/zahhak-is-told-his-fate-folio-29v-from-the-shahnama-book-of-met-452113?hang=749)
5. ["The Besotted Iranian Camp Attacked by Night", Folio 241r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-besotted-iranian-camp-attacked-by-night-folio-241r-from-met-452145), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525–30. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-persia/the-besotted-iranian-camp-attacked-by-night-folio-241r-from-met-452145?hang=749)
6. ["Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio 23v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/tahmuras-defeats-the-divs-folio-23v-from-the-shahnama-book-o-met-452112), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-persia/tahmuras-defeats-the-divs-folio-23v-from-the-shahnama-book-o-met-452112?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

7. [Preface (verso) from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/preface-verso-from-a-double-page-frontispiece-of-a-shahnama-cma-133449), Unrecorded Persian maker, c. 1444. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-persia/preface-verso-from-a-double-page-frontispiece-of-a-shahnama-cma-133449?hang=749)
8. [Text Page, Persian Prose (recto); The Story of Adam peace upon him, his Sons and Progeny (verso)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/text-page-persian-prose-recto-the-story-of-adam-peace-upon-h-cma-124423), Unrecorded Persian maker, c. 1425. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-persia/text-page-persian-prose-recto-the-story-of-adam-peace-upon-h-cma-124423?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

9. [Text Page, Persian Prose (recto) from a Manuscript of the Majma' al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) by Hafiz-i Abru:](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/text-page-persian-prose-recto-from-a-manuscript-of-the-majma-cma-124424), Unrecorded Persian maker, c. 1425. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-persia/text-page-persian-prose-recto-from-a-manuscript-of-the-majma-cma-124424?hang=749)
10. ["The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-feast-of-sada-folio-22v-from-the-shahnama-book-of-kings-met-452111), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-persia/the-feast-of-sada-folio-22v-from-the-shahnama-book-of-kings-met-452111?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/abu-l-qasim-firdausi?hang=749&via=continue) (10 works)
- [More Persian painting and the book](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting?hang=749&via=continue) (24 works)