1. Shāhnāmah.

Creator:

Firdawsī

Date:

1849

Language:

Persian

Geographic region:

India?

Extent:

Chiefly 25 lines in 4 columns; prose prefaces in 21 long lines; border-ruled.

2. Subḥat al-abrār.

Creator:

Jāmī, 1414-1492

Date:

1529 or 1530

Language:

Persian

Extent:

Written in 12 lines in two columns; border-ruled.

3. Khamsah.

Creator:

Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203

Date:

between 1405 and 1414?

Language:

Persian

Geographic region:

Shiraz, Iran

Extent:

Written in 19 lines in four columns; border-ruled.

4. Gulistān.

Creator:

Saʻdī

Date:

1582 or 1583

Language:

Persian

Extent:

Written in 11 to 15 long lines, partially border-ruled.

5. Devotional book.

Date:

between 1725 and 1825?

Language:

Persian

Extent:

Written in 11 long lines; border-ruled in a pear-shape.

6. Tables for the risings and settings of the moon and planets.

Date:

1861

Language:

Persian

Extent:

Chiefly grids that are structured as follows: right-hand page: 5 long lines over 16 columns divided into sets of 2, 1, 4, 9 columns with columns divided into rows of 1 header row and three sets of 5 rows; left-hand page: 5 long lines over 18 columns divided into sets of 4, 6, 5, 1, 2 columns with columns divided into rows of 1 header row, three sets of 5 rows. All grids border ruled with heavier rules dividing the sets of columns and rows.