Nasta'liq from Akbar's time: a leaf from a Shahnamah, late 16th c.

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KHOSRAW VISITING SHIRIN. Mughal India, late 16th century. A leaf from the Shahnameh, gouache heightened with gold on paper, prince Khosraw visiting Shirin seated in a pavilion accompanied by attendants on horseback, with lines of black nasta'liq above, with preceding text folio with 25ll. of black nasta'liq within four gold outlined columns, slight tarnishing. Folio 11¾ x 7¼in. (30 x 18.5cm.); miniature 5½ x 6¼in. (14 x 15.7cm.)

Another Shahnamah leaf.

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"RUSTAM KILLING SOHRAB. Mughal India, late 16th century. A leaf from the Shahnameh, gouache heightened with gold on paper, the hero Rustam killing Sohrab in a landscape watched by horsemen and attendents, with lines of black nasta'liq, verso with full text page of 25ll. of black nasta'liq within four gold outlined columns, slight flaking to miniature, restoration to corner folio. Folio 11¾ x 7¼in. (30 x 18.5cm.); miniature 5½ x 6½in. (14 x 16.5cm.)."