RUGS AND TEXTILES IN JALAYIRID PERIOD MANUSCRIPTS

1370-1375, Chobanid period, Tabriz school, Cobbler cuts the nose of barber’s wife (fragment), From "Kalila wa Dimna", Topkapi, Istanbul	Junaid Sultani (Junaid Naqqashi as-Sultani) - a medieval painter, lived and worked in Baghdad, around 1382-1410. Jalayirid Period. "Humai after wedding", "Diwan" Haji Kirmani, 1396. Location: London, The British Library	"The thief is beaten in the bedroom" from a copy of Kalila wa Dimna painted by a Jalayrid artist from Tabriz or Baghdad, 1380-1400	The aesthetic discovers his child is safe in the cradle from a copy of Kalila wa Dimna painted by a Jalayrid artist from Tabriz or Baghdad, 1380-1400
Thief beaten in the bedroom. From a kalila wa Dimna. Istanbul Univ. Library. Ilkhanid Period (Jalayirids-Chobanids), Tabriz. c 1360-70, Istanbul University Library (ink, gold on paper)	"The sculptor Farhad brought before Shirin", folio from Khosrow and Shirin by Nizami Ganjavi (d.1209); Artist/Calligrapher: Ali ibn Hasan al-Sultani, Jalayirid period, ca. 1400. Freer Gallery of Art	Humay at the court of the Emperor (Faghfūr) of China, From the Khamsah of poet Khwaju/Khaja Kirmani (Kermani). Dated 1396. Painter: Junayd Nakkash as-Sultani. British Library	Sasanian ruler Anushiruwan discourses with his minister Buzurjmihr, From the Khamsah of poet Khwaju/Khaja Kirmani (Kermani). Dated 1396. Painter: Junayd Nakkash as-Sultani. British Library
Humay and Humayun feasting in a garden and listening to musicians, from the Khamsah of poet Khwaju/Khaja Kirmani (Kermani). 1396, painter: Junayd Nakkash as-Sultani, British Library

RUGS AND TEXTILES IN TIMURID PERIOD MANUSCRIPTS

Tahmina Comes into Rustam's Chamber, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi, c. 1410, Iran, 15th century Timurid period, AH 771-912/AD 1370-1506, Herat, Afghanistan	Anthology of Baysunghur (1427). Berenson Art Collection, Villa I Tatti. Timurid. Herat school. Princes playing games.	Baysungur in a garden, 1429, Timurid, Herat	Ulugh Beg with ladies of his harem and retainers 1425-1450, Timurid period Probably Samarqand, present-day Uzbekistan Freer Sackler Collection
Shahnama of Baysunghur, 1430, Herat, by Ja'far Baysunghuri, Yazdagird presents a robe of honour to Munzir the Arab, chapter "Yazdagird the Sinner". The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran	Shahnama of Baysunghur, 1430, Ja'far Baysunghuri, Rustam boasts about his strength, chapter "Gushtasp". Herat. The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran	Shahnama (Baysunghur), 1430, Ja'far Baysunghuri, Buzurjmihr arranges chess pieces before Anushirvan, chapter "Kisra Anushirvan". Herat School. The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran	from Shahnama of Baysunghur, 1430, Rudaba and Zal togeter, chapter Manuchihr, Herat (Timurid Period), Calligrapher: Maulana Ja'far Baysunghuri, Location: The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran
Shahnama of Baysunghur, 1430, by Ja'far Baysunghuri, Rudaba and Zal together, chapter "The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab". Herat School Scene: The coronation of Luhrasp Timurid Period. The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran	Majlis-i Güyük Khan. 1438. Timurid, Shiraz school. Bibliothèque nationale de France	Shahnameh, The murder of Iraj, chapter Faridun, 1443 Calligrapher: Muhammad b. Muhammad 'Ali Hanafi Shushunaq Hijri Date: 847 Safar 29 Gregorian Date: 1443 July 6 School: Shiraz (Timurid Period) Location: The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran	Shahnameh, Frontispiece Calligrapher: Muhammad b. Muhammad 'Ali Hanafi Shushunaq Hijri Date: 847 Safar 29 Gregorian Date: 1443 July 6 Origin: Shiraz (Timurid Period) Location: The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran
Shahnameh/Timurid: Herat, c.1444 /Patron: Mohammad Juki b. Shah Rokh/Opaque watercolour, ink and gold on paper/London, Royal Asiatic Society, Persian MS 239, fol. 56v	Tahmina at Rustam's chamber 15th century, Timurid period. Herat School, The University of Manchester Library, U.K.	Shahnameh, Frontispiece Calligrapher: Muhammad b. Muhammad 'Ali Hanafi Shushunaq Hijri Date: 847 Safar 29 Gregorian Date: 1443 July 6 Origin: Shiraz (Timurid Period) Location: The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran	Depiction of a Timurid rug with a compartment design in a manuscript of Kalileh-o-Dimneh by Abul Ma'ali Nasrollah, Herat, 1429, Blbliotheque Nationale, Paris (from V. Berinstain et al., Great Carpets of the World, fig. 141).
Khosrow receives Farhad. 1445-1446, Timurid. Herat school	Shahnameh, chapter "Faridun", Salm and Tur murder Iraj, 1460 (Uncertainty 70 years), Ex Ardabil collection. Origin:Shiraz Script:Nasta'liq Location: St Petersburg, National Library of Russia	Timur granting an audience in Balkh. 1467-1468. Timurid Period, Herat school	Party at the Court of Huseyn Mirza (detail), 1488, late Timurid period. Herat school
Album folio; recto:An old woman and two men; verso: calligraphy panel, 1520-30, Timurid period, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Freer Sackler Collection	15th c . manuscript of Nasir Ad-Din At-Tusi’s observatory at Maragha, depicts the teaching of astronomy using the astrolabe.	"Alexander the Great", Herat school, Afghanistan, XV c.	The poet Sa'di converses by night with a young friend in a garden. Miniature from Gulistan. Herat, 1427. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin; workshops of Baysonqor
"The Traveler and the Dervish" from Sa'adi Shirazi's Gulistan. Herat, XV century.	"A drunken prince assaults a Chinese maiden". Miniature from Gulistan of Sa'di Shirazi. Herat, 1427. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin	A woman sitting on a rug with the archaic 'Kufic' border. Timurid Period, Herat school, XV c.	Manuscript depicting a scene from Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi, 1439, Timurid Period Shiraz. Museum of National Antiquities (Historiska Museet), Stockhold, Sweden
Conversion of Ghazan Khan to Islam, c.1430 (Timurid Period), from Rashid-al-Din Hamadani's Jami al-Tawarikh, Bibliothèque nationale de Francia	Timur Receiving Guests at the Wedding of His Son, Illustrated folio from the Zafarnama by Yazdi, Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period, 1436. Ink, colors, and gold on paper. Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Florence	Timur Celebrates His Conquest of Delhi (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi, Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period, 1436. Ink and opaque watercolor on paper. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller	Attributed to Bihzad, "Assault on a Castle", Herat, Timurid period, c. 1475-1500. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
"Laila and Majnun at School", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami Ganjavi, by calligrapher Ja'far Baisunghuri, Timurid Period, 1431, Herat	Iskandar, in the likeness of Husayn Bayqara, with the seven sages. dated AH 900 (1494/95). the Khamsah of Nizāmī Ganjavī (1140 or 41-1209), containing one double and 20 single miniatures in the Herat later Timurid style. Bihzad. British Library	Shahnama, Firdausi and the poets of Ghazna, date: 1438. Calligrapher: Fayd b. Muhammad Shirazi, London, The British Library	Shahnama, The death of Farud, South Provincial Timurid, 1438. Calligrapher: Fayd b. Muhammad Shirazi. London, The British Library

RUGS AND TEXTILES IN DECCANI MANUSCRIPS

Iskandar seated at the foot of Kay Khosro's throne, receiving a Goblet from a Servant. Sharafnama, painting from part 1 of the Iskandarnama (Book of Alexander), in the Khamsa of Nizami, included in a Deccani anthology, south India, 1435-36. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.	Iskandar talks to a maiden, in the temple of Qandahar. Iqbalnama (detail), painting from part 2 of the Iskandarnama (Book of Alexander), in the Khamsa of Nizami, included in a Deccani anthology, south India, 1435-36. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.

RUGS AND TEXTILES IN TURKOMAN (QARAQOYUNLU & AQQOYUNLU) PERIOD MANUSCRIPTS

"Big Head" Shahnameh, Gilan, 1494, Turkman dynasty (Aqqoyunlu), patronised by Sultan 'Ali Mirza	Aq-qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) Yaqub Bey. end of the 15th century.	Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); Giv brings Gurgin before Kay Khusraw, 1493-1494, Turkoman Period (Aqqoyunlu Period) Gilan, Iran. Freer Sackler Collection	Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); recto: Kay Khusraw and Kay Ka'us; verso: Afrasiyab captivated by Houm 1493-1494, Aqqoyunlu Period Gilan, Iran, Freer Sackler Collection
Folio from a copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); Kay Khusraw with Afrasiyab's women. 1493-1494, Aqqoyunlu Period Mazandaran, Iran Freer Sackler Collection	“Layli and Majnun at School” from a copy of Nizami Ganjaviʾs Khamsah. dated 866/1461. Tabriz, Karakoyunlu State. A rug with multiple niches is depicted in this painting. Topkapı Sarayı , Istanbul

RUGS AND TEXTILES IN EARLY SAFAVID PERIOD MANUSCRIPTS

"Shapur son of Ardashir enthroned", from Shahnama, 1523, by Abd-Allah al-Ghani Muhammad Mahmud ibn Muhammad Nizam al-Khairi, chapter "Shapur son of Ardashir". Tabriz School. Location: The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran	from Shahnama, 1523, by Abd-Allah al-Ghani Muhammad Mahmud ibn Muhammad Nizam al-Khairi, "Faridun defeats Zahhak", chapter "Zahhak". Tabriz School. The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran	"Iskandar enthroned", Shahnama, 1523, Abd-Allah al-Ghani Muhammad Mahmud ibn Muhammad Nizam al-Khairi, chapter "Iskandar". Tabriz School, The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran	"Bahram son of Bahram enthroned", Shahnama, 1523, Abd-Allah al-Ghani Muhammad Mahmud ibn Muhammad Nizam al-Khairi, Tabriz School, by 'Abd-Allah al-Ghani Muhammad Mahmud ibn Muhammad Nizam al-Khairi, The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran
Shahnama, 1523, by Abd-Allah al-Ghani Muhammad Mahmud ibn Muhammad Nizam al-Khairi, chapter "Yazdagird". Tabriz School, Scene: The Iranians recognize Shapur and rally round him. Location: The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran	Rudaba and Zal together, Chapter "Manuchihr (120 years)", Shahnameh, 1510. Shiraz Ownership: 'Abd Ahmad (?); inscription on f. 1r dated 12 Jumada I, 1204 (1789). Preface: Baysunghuri ,Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum	"The Iranians recognize Shapur and rally round him", from Shahnama, 1523, by Abd-Allah al-Ghani Muhammad Mahmud ibn Muhammad Nizam al-Khairi, chapter "Yazdagird". Tabriz School. Location: The Gulistan Palace Museum, Tehran	"Sultan Hossein Mirza in Promenade", by Kamaleddin Behzad (c. 1450 – c. 1535)
Folio from an album; A school scene circa 1540, Mir Sayyid Ali, Safavid period. Tabriz, Iran. S1986.221 Freer Sackler Collection	Zal marries Rudaba 16th century (late), Qazvin school Geneva, Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Genève	Prince feasting in a garden, finispiece, Shahnameh. 1510 , Preface: Baysunghuri. Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum	"Guests", by Kamaleddin Behzad (c. 1450 – c. 1535)
Sheikhzadeh, "Bahram Gur and the Princess". "Haft Manzar", Hatifi. 1538, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington	"Laila and Majnun in School", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami. Painting by Shaikh Zada. A.H. 931/A.D. 1524–25. Herat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	"Khusrau Seated on his Throne", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami. Painting by Shaikh Zada. Date: A.H. 931/A.D. 1524–25. Herat	"Marriage of Khusrau and Shirin", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami. Painting by Shaikh Zada. 1524–25. Herat

RUGS AND TEXTILES IN OTTOMAN PERIOD MANUSCRIPTS

Illustration of Ottoman soldiers from the Süleymanname. The scene depicts the execution of rebels. Attributed to Matrakci Nasuh Efendi, XVI century