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Grave of Gustav Mahler
The grave of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in Grinzing, Austria.
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Khosrow Spies Shirin Bathing
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.
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Bahram Gur in the Dark Palace in the Khamsa of Nizami
"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.
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Muhammad's Ascent in the Khamsa of Nizami
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.
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Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
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.
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Adur Gushnasp
The ruins of the Zoroastrian fire temple Adur Gushnasp, Takhte-e Soleyman, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
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Rostam Farrokhzad
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...
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Shah Ismail I
Shah Ismail I (r. 1501-1524), founder of the Safavid Dynasty of Iran, portrait by Cristofano dell'Altissimo.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
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Field Marshal Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov
Portrait of Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (1730-1800), a Russian field marshal who fought for the Russian Empire. Painting by Charles de Steuben, 1815.
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Landing of English troops in Holland, 27 August 1799
Landing of English troops in Holland on 27 August 1799 to partake in the ill-fated Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland during the War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802). Watercolor painting by Dirk...
