MORE EXAMPLES FROM IRAN

*A decree of manumission for a slave girl named Khush-manzar, 1700*

*A tiny white agate amulet, carved with the Ayat ul-Kursi in nasta'liq script, early 1700's*

*Misbah al-Saghir, 1705-6, a book of prayers*

*A gold-on-gold Qur'an leaf, 1708*

*Nasta'liq piece by Nava-i Nishapuri, 1747*

*A leaf from the "fountain of the chronicles of Riza," c.1750*

*A manuscript collection of Persian poetry, from the Safavid period*