2657716 Ali and Aisha at the Battle of the Camel, folio from a \'Rawdat al-safa\' (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand, Safavid Period, 1571-72 (w/c, ink & gold on paper) by Inayatullah al-katib al-Shirazi (fl.1571-72); 41.3x27.6 cm; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, USA; (add.info.: Raw髒at a廜?廜ζf?尨 fi sirat al-anbiy?尨 w-al-muluk w-al-khulaf?尨 (堭?媔堜 塈?媯?塈 ?? 堻?堭堜 塈?塈?堥?塈堙 ?塈????? ?塈?堮??塈堙, ???he Gardens of purity in the biography of the prophets and kings and caliphs?? is a Persian history of the origins of Islam, early Islamic civilisation, and Persian history by Mir-Khv?nd, a Fifteenth-Century historian. The text was originally completed in seven volumes in 1497 (836 AH). The work is very scholarly, Mir-Khv?nd used nineteen major Arabic histories and twenty-two major Persian ones as well as others which he occasionally quotes. His work was the basis for many subsequent histories including the works of Hajji Khalfah.); 穢 Freer Slacker Gallery ; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Persian, out of copyright.