Images

The grave of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in Grinzing, Austria.

Khosrow II spies Shirin Bathing, illustration from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Shiraz, Iran, 16th century CE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

"Bahram Gur in the Dark Palace on Saturday", illustration from Folio 207 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Herat, Afghanistan, 1524-25 CE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Muhammad's ascent to heaven in a vision, illustration from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Shiraz, Iran, 1449-50 CE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Shirin goes to see the wonderful rock-carvings by the sculptor Farhad, her admirer. Illustration from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Shiraz, Iran, 1509-10. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The ruins of the Zoroastrian fire temple Adur Gushnasp, Takhte-e Soleyman, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran.

Rostam, Yazdegerd III's general, slain by Sa'd, the son of Vaqqâs the Arab, illustration from the Tarjumah-i Shâhnâmah (Translation of Shahnameh into Turkish, Spencer Coll. Turk. MS. 1), 1616-1620. New York Public Library, Digital...

Shah Ismail I (r. 1501-1524), founder of the Safavid Dynasty of Iran, portrait by Cristofano dell'Altissimo. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

An infographic illustrating the chaos and volatility in the Roman Empire during the Crisis of the Third Century, known as the time of the Barracks Emperors. Also called “Soldier Emperors,” the term was introduced in the 19th century but made...

Portrait of Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (1730-1800), a Russian field marshal who fought for the Russian Empire. Painting by Charles de Steuben, 1815.