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Treasures of Islamic Manuscript Painting from the Morgan

The Qur˒an, the Holy Book of Islam
Jerrāḥ Pasha Qur˒an	Jerrāḥ Pasha Qur˒an	Jerrāḥ Pasha Qur˒an	Jerrāḥ Pasha Qur˒an	Jerrāḥ Pasha Qur˒an	Miniature Qur˒an and Banner Box
Early Tenth-Century Qur˒an	Tenth-Century Qur˒an	Tenth-Century Qur˒an	Tenth-Century Qur˒an	Eleventh-Century Qur˒an	Maghribi Qur˒an
Mamluk Qur˒an	Qur˒an Leaf	Washing Before Prayer	Qur˒an from Kashmir	Turkish Qur˒an	Persian Qur˒anic Leaf

Natural History and Astrology
Two Gazelles and Two Mountain Rams	Two Elephants	Tiger	Camel	Iskandar and Khiżr	Sultan MurĀd III
Leo Ridden by a Personification of the Sun	The Valley of Diamonds and Jewels	Sleeping Man	Cabd Al-Muṷṷalib,

Rūmī, Persian Mystic And Poet
Rūmī's Father	Seljuk Sultan's Courtier	Sermon by Rūmī	Three Saints	RūMī Stops His Ears	Rūmī Summons Ḥamza
ḤalĀwiyya Madrasa	Religious Dispute Between Rūmī	A Young Merchant and Rūmī	Water Monster	Dogs in a Market	Story of Seth
Construction of a Theological School	Mystical Scene	Day in the Hot Baths	Prophet Muḥammad Reveals to Calī	Execution of Husain Ibn Mansur Al-hallaj	An Escaped Bull Seeks Refuge at Rumi's Feet
How to Curb an Appetite	A Physician Bleeds a King	Rumi Meets with His Followers for the Last Time	The Funeral of Jalal Al-Din Rumi	Konya, Besieged	Iblis (Satan) Leads Cumar
Husam Al-Din Chelebi	Husam Al-Din Chelebi, in a Dream	A Samac During the Leadership of Rumi's Successor	A Confrontation of Akhi Mustafa	Death of the Mongol Ruler Ghazan Khan	Rumi Dancing in the Presence of Three Disciples
Rumi Distributing Sweetmeats

The Read Persian Album
Standing Uzbek Youth	Youth Pulling on a Falconer's Glove	Seated Courtier with His Falcon	Youth Flexing a Bow	An Aristocratic Smithy	An Uzbek Prisoner
A Young Lady Reclining After a Bath	A Seated Dandy in a Fur-lined Coat	Lovers Observed by a Youth	A Man Falls from His Horse	Archer Riding an Aged Horse	Emaciated Horse and Rider
Inhabited Exotic Foliage	A Qizilbash and His Horse Entangles by a Dragon	Imaginary Fern

The Read Mughal Album
Bābur Seeks His Grandmother's Advice	Bābur and Two Companions Racing	The Young Akbar	Prince Salīm at an Audience Window	Akbar at an Audience Window	Hakīm Mu˒mina
Young Dārā Shikoh	Prince Dārā Shikoh	Khiżr Presents a Globe to Shāh Jahān	Bahādur Shāh	Ibrāhīm Ibn Adham of Balkh	Peri Riding a Composite Horse
Three Peris Riding a Composite Elephant	A Sun-bearing Peri Rides a Composite Lion

Persian poetry
Tur Murders Iraj, His Brother	King Shaput Zu˒l Aktaf	Iskandar and Dārā	Bones Before Iskandar	Maḥmūd of Ghanzi	Classroom Scene
Sa˓dī Shīrāzī's Būstān	Gathering in a Graveyard	Cisa (Jesus) and the Dead Dog	Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman	Khusrau Seels Pardon from His Father	Shīrīn
Khusrau Encounters Shīrīn Bathing	Shīrīn	Farhād Carries Shīrīn	Shīrīn Lectures Khusrau	Lailā and Qais in School	Majnūn Surrounded by Pairs of Animals
Majnūn Grasps the Door Knocker	Lailā Visits Majnūn	Lailā Summons Majnūn	Majnūn Visits Lailā's	Majnūn Mourns at Lailā's Tomb	Iskandar Battles the Zangīs
Iskandar Comforts the Dying Dārā	Khiżr żand Ilyās	Bahrām Gūr and His Court	Bahrām Gūr Slays a Dragon	Bahrām Gūr's Trick Shot	Bahrām Gūr and the Indian Princess
Bahrām Gūr and the Byzantine Princess	Bahrām Gūr and the Tartar Princess	Bahrām Gūr and the Slavic Princes	Bahrām Gūr and Princess Azargūn	Bahrām Gūr and the Chinese Princess	Bahrām Gūr and the Persian Princess

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