Choice
ID
Image
Painting (From A to Z)
Details
34191
A dervish awed by a prince s tajalli
mk90
Illustration to Attar\'s Parliament of Fowles
Usually attributed to Bihzad
34197
A dervish begs to be admitted in the mosque
mk90
Illustration by Bihzad for the Bustan
34228
A holy personage at the gate of a shrine consoles a son over his father-s death
mk90
The Disposition of the shrine is reminiscent of Ansaris Tomb at Gazurgah,to the northeast of Herat
34229
A peasant lectures the sage Abu Sa Id ibn Abi l Khayr,the shaykh of Mahneh.on patience
mk90
Illustration by Bihzad to Attar\'s Parliament of Fowles
c.1487-88
34193
A Poor dervish deserves,through his wisdom,to replace the arrogant cadi in the mosque
mk90
Illustration by Bihzad for the Bustan
34186
A shaykh in the prayer niche of a mosque
mk90
Detail of an illustration by Bihzad for sa di\'s Bustan
Herat
1488-89
34247
Abduction from the seraglio
mk90
IN this Entfuhrung aus dem Serail,the cuckolded king on the beach notches arrwo to bowstring,while his fair one escapes with her lover by ship.
34215
Alexander and the hermit
mk90
Illustration by Bihzad to Nizami s Alexander romance
Herat
1494-95
British Library
34203
Alexander or Sikandar annuls the magic of the malevolent idol at the entrance to the ocean
mk90
While the wise Apollonius or Balinas consults his astrolabe.
34226
Archangel,a symbol of the divine Active Intelligence
mk90
in the first half of the sixteenth century.
34220
Brahman transformed into demons
mk90
Qocho,eighth or ninth century
34120
Building ot Castle Khawarnaq,wherein the chamber of the seven icons will be hidden
mk90
illustration by Bihzad to Nizamis Seven Lcons.
34175
Building the Great Mosque of Samarkand
mk90
Illustration by Bilzad
34121
Caliph al-Ma-mun in his bath
mk90
illustration by Bihzad to Nizami\'s
Treasury of Secets.
34145
Capture of a city
mk90
unfinished illustration
attributed to Bihzad
c.1490
34128
Details from Caliph al Ma mun in his bath
mk90
34129
Details from Caliph al Ma mun in his bath
mk90
34219
Fragment of a Manichaean manuscript,with the Hindu gods Ganesh,Vishnu
mk90
Qocho.
Eighth or ninth century
34185
His Ministers plead with the Sasanian king Hurmuzd to forgive his son Khusro
mk90
Illustration attributed to Bihzad from the romance Prince Kusro and Queen Shirin in Nizami\'s Khamseh copied for the Timurid emir Ali Farsi Barlas
Herat
1494-95
34218
Jami as Apollonius and the minister Mir Ali Sher Nawa i as Alexander
mk90
Annul the magic of the talisman statue.
Detail from an illustration by Bihzad
34196
King Darius and the Herdsman
mk90
Illustration by Bihzad for the Bustan
34224
Mahan s diabolic horse
mk90
a Symbolic of his own unleashed impulses,changes between his legs into a seven headed dragon in the valley of the demons
34182
Old man and youth
mk90
Apparently signed by Bihzad,Illustration for an anthology of Poetry.
34199
Portrait of jami leaning on a staff,with another scholar of Sultan Husayn-s court
mk90
Detail of a painting by Bihzad
1494-95
34179
Portrait of the poet Hatifi,Jami s nephew,seen here wearing a shi ite turban
mk90
Painting by Bihzad,Herat
1511
34180
Portrait of the Uzbek emir Shaybani Khan,seen here wearing a Sunni turban
mk90
Attributed in the upper margin to Bihzad
Herat 1507-10
34170
Sikanar overcomes the Hosts of Dara
mk90
Illustration by Bihzad to the Sharaf Nameh The Book of Nobility
The first part of Nizami\'s Alexander romance,Khamseh.
34173
Study
mk90
Attrbuted to Bihzad,for a portrati of Sultan Husayn Mirza.
34137
Sultan Sanjar and the wildow
mk90
Illustration to Nizami s Treasury of Secrets
34184
Tamerlane leading the assault of the castle of the knights of the Hospitallers of Saint john at Smyrna
mk90
Illustration by Bihzad or his workshop for the Zafar Nameh
34217
The Crescent moon turned downwards
mk90
Detail from Alexander and the Hermit
34192
The Gatekeeper denies entrance by one unworthy of the garden
mk90
Details of the Frontispiece to the Bustan
by Mirak or Bihzad,Samen Manuscript
34163
The Master of the garden espies the maidens bathing in his pool
mk90
Illustration by Bihzad to Nizami\'s Tale of the Princess of the White Pavilion.
34188
The poet Nizami
mk90
Detail of an illustration attributed to Bihzad for Nizami\'s Layli and Majnun
Herat
1494-95
34237
The saintly Bishr fishes up the corpse of the blaspheming Malikha from the magic well which is the fount fo life
mk90
The Tree of Life bows over the saint
on the left,a demon rock twists in agony
34246
The suicide of the artist Farhad,forbidden union with the lovely Shirin
mk90
Beneath the withered stumps which symbolize dammed souls
34206
the theophany through Layli sitting framed within the prayer niche
mk90
1494-95
34236
The Tree of Life springs from the fount and bows over the saint
mk90
Detail of Bihzad\'s Alexander and the hermit
34149
Timur enthroned
mk90
Illustration by Bihzad
34133
Timur enthroned and holding the white kerchief of rule
mk90
for the Zafar Nameh
34198
Zulaykha attempts to seduce joseph in her palace
mk90
Illustration by Bihzad for the Bustan