Editing Chester Beatty Library (section)

=== Persian collection ===
{{gallery|File:Bahram Gur kills a dragon in India. From the Book of Kings (Shahnama) (CBL Per 104.60v).jpg|[[Bahram Gur]] kills a dragon in India. From the "First Small [[Shahnameh|Shahnama]]". Possibly [[Tabriz]], c. 1300
|File:Zal meets king Manuchihr, asking for his mercy (CBL Per 111.4v detail).jpg|[[Zāl|Zal]] meets king [[Manuchehr|Manuchihr]], asking for his mercy. From the "[[Great Mongol Shahnameh]]". Tabriz, c. 1330
|File:The rescue at sea. From Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) (CBL Per 119, f.15v).jpg|''The rescue at sea'' by [[Amir Khalil (painter)|Amir Khalil]]. From [[Baysunghur|Prince Baysunghur's]] [[Gulistan (book)|Rose Garden (Gulistan)]]. [[Herat]], 1427
|File:Filigree leather book cover, for the Five Poems (Khamsa) of Amir Khusrau.jpg|Filigree leather book cover, for the ''Five Poems (Khamsa)'' of [[Amir Khusrau]]. Herat, 1485
|File:A party at night, from the Bustan (Orchard) of Sa`di (CBL Per 236).jpg|A party at night. [[Safavid Iran|Safavid]] miniature (possibly by [[Abd al-Samad|Mirza Ali]]) attached to the [[Timurid Empire|Timurid]] copy of ''[[Bustan (book)|Bustan]]''. Tabriz, c. 1540.
|File:Hunting birds. From an album (muraqqa’) for Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (CBL Per 225, f.4r).jpg|Tinted drawing of a hawk attacking a heron in landscape. From an [[muraqqa]] for [[Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah]]. Possibly Iran, c. 1550-1600
|File:The Ka`ba sanctuary in Mecca. From Triumph of the Holy Places (Futuh al-Haramayn) (CBL Per 249).jpg|Manuscript of the ''[[Futuh al-Haramayn]]''. Mecca, late 16th-century
|File:Zal Rescued by the Simurgh.jpg|''Zal Rescued by the [[Simurgh]]'' by [[Sadiqi Beg]]. Miniature from the ''Shahnameh'' commissioned by [[Abbas the Great|Shah Abbas I]]. Probably [[Qazvin]], between 1590 and 1600
|File:Young man in a fur hat, by Reza Abbasi (CBL Per 260.2).jpg|''Young man in a fur hat'' by [[Reza Abbasi]]. [[Isfahan]], between 1600 and 1625
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