Iran

The Chester Beatty holds a world-renowned collection of manuscripts from Iran. Covering many topics of religion, literature, history and science, these works also trace an extraordinary history of the arts of the book, through fine calligraphy, narrative paintings, illuminated designs, and bookbinding.

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Bahram Gur kills a Dragon, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) of Firdausi
c. 1300
Iran
CBL Per 104.60
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Zal pays homage to king Manuchihr, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) of Firdausi
c. 1330
Tabriz
CBL Per 111.4
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The simurgh rescues Zal, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) of Firdausi
1590-1600
Qazvin
CBL Per 277.12
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Hunting birds, from an album (muraqqa’)
c. 1450
Iran
CBL Per 225.4
4 / 8
A rescue at sea
from the Gulistan (Rose-Garden) of Sa`di
1427 (830 AH)
Herat
CBL Per 119.15
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Double frontispiece of a Qur’an, copied by Ruzbihan
c. 1550
Shiraz
CBL Is 1558
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A party at night, from the Bustan (Orchard) of Sa`di
c. 1540
Tabriz
CBL Per 236
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Young man in a fur hat, by Reza Abbasi
1600-1625
Isfahan
CBL Per 260.2
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