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Manuscripts

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, by Hafiz, ca. 1480
Leaf from a Book of Hours: The Nativity (recto) and Text (verso), c. 1430
"Zahhak is Told His Fate", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1524
"Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories), by Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425
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), 1444
"A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), by Farid al-Din `Attar, ca. 1600

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Every one of the collection's manuscripts, in today's hang.

Section 1, north wall

  1. "Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, by Hafiz, ca. 1480
    "Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of HafizHafiz, ca. 1480Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Leaf from a Book of Hours: The Nativity (recto) and Text (verso), c. 1430
    Leaf from a Book of Hours: The Nativity (recto) and Text (verso)Unrecorded French maker, c. 1430Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. "Zahhak is Told His Fate", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1524
    "Zahhak is Told His Fate", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah TahmaspAbu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1524Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 1, south wall

  1. "Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories), by Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425
    "Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  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), 1444
    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)Unrecorded Persian maker, 1444Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. "A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), by Farid al-Din `Attar, ca. 1600
    "A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)Farid al-Din `Attar, ca. 1600Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, south wall

  1. "The Besotted Iranian Camp Attacked by Night", Folio 241r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525–30
    "The Besotted Iranian Camp Attacked by Night", Folio 241r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah TahmaspAbu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525–30Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, late 9th–early 10th century
    Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptUnrecorded maker, late 9th–early 10th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, north wall

  1. "Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides, by 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CE
    "Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CECourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. "Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40
    "Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan AlbumUnrecorded maker, recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. "Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, by Govardhan, verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50
    "Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan AlbumGovardhan, verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 3, north wall

  1. "The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), by Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1600
    "The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1600Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. "Portrait of Maharaja Bhim Kanwar", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, by Nanha, verso: ca. 1615–29; recto: ca. 1540
    "Portrait of Maharaja Bhim Kanwar", Folio from the Shah Jahan AlbumNanha, verso: ca. 1615–29; recto: ca. 1540Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. "Laila and Majnun in School", Folio 129 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, by Nizami, dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE
    "Laila and Majnun in School", Folio 129 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of GanjaNizami, dated 931 AH/1524–25 CECourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 3, south wall

  1. Folio from the "Blue Qur'an", second half 9th–mid-10th century
    Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"Unrecorded maker, second half 9th–mid-10th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. "A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98
    "A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau DihlaviAmir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art