"A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi · 1597–98
Works at Metropolitan Museum of Art
4,576 works
All4,576Paintings1,371Drawings57Prints71Photographs13Sculpture643Manuscripts & books74Objects1,294Other1,053
Showing 1–24 of 1,381 works · Photographs, Manuscripts & books and objects
"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. 1600
"Alexander Executes Janusiyar and Mahiyar, the Slayers of Darius", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · dated 887 AH/1482 CE
"Alexander is Lowered into the Sea", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi · 1597–98
"Alexander Visits the Sage Plato in his Mountain Cave", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi · 1597–98
"Bahman Taking Revenge on the Sistanians" Folio from the Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru
Hafiz-i Abru · ca. 1425
"Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 23v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami · ca. 1430
"Bahram Gur in the Green Palace on Monday", Folio 224 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami · dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE
"Bahram Gur on the Chase", Folio 10r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami · ca. 1430
"Bahram Gur Pins the Coupling Onagers", Folio 568r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1530–35
"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi · 1597–98
"Bazur, the Magician, Raises up Darkness and a Storm", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1430–40
"Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · dated 741 AH/1341 CE
"Caesar Gives his Daughter Katayun to Gushtasp", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1330–40
"Death of Farud", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1610
"Dervish With a Lion", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Padarath · verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1500
"Elephant" Armchair
Christopher Dresser · ca. 1880
"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami · dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE
"Gushtasp Slays the Rhino-Wolf", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1330–40
"How a Braggart was Drowned in a Well", Folio 33v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami · ca. 1430
"How Rustam Found a Spring", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1300–30
"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio 434v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1530
"Iskandar in the Presence of the Brahmins", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1330–40
"Kai Kavus Attempts to Fly to Heaven", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · mid-15th century