"The Tortoise", Folio from an `Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) of Qazwini
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subject_creditlineLouis V. Bell Fund, 1967
subject_title"Siege of Baghdad", Folio from a Dispersed copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi
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subject_creditlineThe Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1981
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