# Persian painting and the book

Style galleries · hang 749 · 24 works

Illustrated manuscripts and paintings from Persia, made for princes and their libraries.

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

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Akbar Offering Timur's Crown to Shah Jahan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/akbar-offering-timur-s-crown-to-shah-jahan-aic-53563), Islamic, Mughal period (1526–1857), ca. 1650–1700. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting/akbar-offering-timur-s-crown-to-shah-jahan-aic-53563?hang=749)
2. ["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/style/persian-painting/laila-and-majnun-at-school-folio-from-a-khamsa-quintet-of-ni-met-455041?hang=749)
3. ["Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/muhammad-s-call-to-prophecy-and-the-first-revelation-folio-f-met-451418), Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting/muhammad-s-call-to-prophecy-and-the-first-revelation-folio-f-met-451418?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. ["Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shaikh-san-an-and-the-christian-maiden-folio-22v-from-a-mant-met-451728), Farid al-Din \`Attar, ca. 1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting/shaikh-san-an-and-the-christian-maiden-folio-22v-from-a-mant-met-451728?hang=749)
5. ["The Four Knights of Kai Khusrau in the Mountains", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-four-knights-of-kai-khusrau-in-the-mountains-folio-from-met-449107), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, dated 741 AH/1341 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting/the-four-knights-of-kai-khusrau-in-the-mountains-folio-from-met-449107?hang=749)
6. [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/style/persian-painting/royal-reception-in-a-landscape-left-folio-from-the-double-fr-cma-133448?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

7. ["The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-concourse-of-the-birds-folio-11r-from-a-mantiq-al-tayr-l-met-451725), Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting/the-concourse-of-the-birds-folio-11r-from-a-mantiq-al-tayr-l-met-451725?hang=749)
8. ["Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio 434v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/isfandiyar-s-third-course-he-slays-a-dragon-folio-434v-from-met-452160), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting/isfandiyar-s-third-course-he-slays-a-dragon-folio-434v-from-met-452160?hang=749)
9. ["Bahram Gur Hunting with Azada", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bahram-gur-hunting-with-azada-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-451411), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, dated 753 AH/1352 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting/bahram-gur-hunting-with-azada-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-451411?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

10. ["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/style/persian-painting/dancing-dervishes-folio-from-a-divan-of-hafiz-met-446892?hang=749)
11. ["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/style/persian-painting/zahhak-is-told-his-fate-folio-29v-from-the-shahnama-book-of-met-452113?hang=749)
12. ["Gushtasp Slays the Rhino-Wolf", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/gushtasp-slays-the-rhino-wolf-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-452648), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1330–40. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting/gushtasp-slays-the-rhino-wolf-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-452648?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

13. ["Bahram Gur Pins the Coupling Onagers", Folio 568r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bahram-gur-pins-the-coupling-onagers-folio-568r-from-the-sha-met-452171), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530–35. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting/bahram-gur-pins-the-coupling-onagers-folio-568r-from-the-sha-met-452171?hang=749)
14. ["A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-ruffian-spares-the-life-of-a-poor-man-folio-4v-from-a-mant-met-451723), Farid al-Din \`Attar, ca. 1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting/a-ruffian-spares-the-life-of-a-poor-man-folio-4v-from-a-mant-met-451723?hang=749)

## Section 3, south wall

15. ["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/style/persian-painting/the-besotted-iranian-camp-attacked-by-night-folio-241r-from-met-452145?hang=749)
16. [Royal Horse Inspection](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/royal-horse-inspection-aic-76869), 'Aliquli Jabbadar, Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), late 17th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting/royal-horse-inspection-aic-76869?hang=749)

## Doors

- ['Aliquli Jabbadar's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-aliquli-jabbadar?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [The 17th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17?hang=749&via=continue) (266 works)
- [Persian painting and the book, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoieXZYZEVWbGEifQ)