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Painting by Riza-yi 'Abbasi | The Lovers | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Islamic art, Persian miniature, Art history
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Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi | "The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water", Folio 44r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Nizami | "Khusrau Seated on his Throne", Folio 64 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: The Persian Book of Kings - MetPublications - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Nizami | "Laila and Majnun in School", Folio 129 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Persian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art - MetPublications - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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