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Professor Nasser D. Khalili, who has amassed what is almost certainly the greatest collection of Islamic art in existence.

Andrew McKie, from the article: The British Museum’s Pilgrimage, The Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2012

Two traditions determine the make-up of most private collections today. One is that of the connoisseur, who gathers together a few select items on the basis of their aesthetic merit. The other is the comprehensive approach, where the emphasis of the collector is on assembling complete series of objects. The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art is remarkable in that it combines both these traditions within an overall scheme

About the Collection

In striving to provide a synoptic vision of the arts of the entire Islamic world, Sir David has revived the heroic age of collecting. Since the 1970s he has assembled his collection of Islamic art under the auspices of The Khalili Family Trust. With holdings of more than 28,000 objects documenting the range of artistic production of the Islamic lands over a period of some 1,400 years, the Collection now ranks among the best in the world and represents a new generation of Islamic art collections.

The Collection includes an outstanding array of manuscripts of the Holy Qur’an and of illustrated manuscripts, and the coverage of the decorative arts – ceramics, textiles, glass, metalwork, as well as seals and coins – is comprehensive. A central place has been given to the art of calligraphy, which plays an essential role in the art of the Islamic world.

The holdings of manuscripts and folios of the Holy Qur’an are the first to have been assembled systematically in order to illustrate the whole history of Qur’an production, both in terms of time span and geographical range – from the 8th to the 20th centuries, and from Morocco to China. The result is a fascinating and diverse body of material, and one that is united by the honour paid by patrons, scribes and craftsmen to the Word of God as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.

Similar sequences have been assembled for painting and the decorative arts. Masterpieces in painting from the Mongol period onwards include the 14th-century Compendium of Chronicles of Rashid al-Din; the Book of Kings made for Shah Tahmasp, ruler of Iran in the 16th century; the Life of the Prophet commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Murad III and completed in 1595; album paintings by the 17th-century master Mu’in Musavvir; and an extensively illustrated Book of Divination produced in the Deccan in the same period. Glass and metalwork, for example, are represented in the full range of techniques from pre-Islamic period through to the 19th century. This mass of material is important in its own terms, but it also provides a visual context for the other items in the Collection.

Later Islamic art has not generally enjoyed the same level of attention as that of the 10th–16th centuries. Yet, the wealth of important objects and manuscripts from later periods in the Collection shows that much art worthy of our attention on aesthetic as well as historical and intellectual grounds was produced in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The touchstone is again calligraphy, which reached a summit of excellence in 19th-century Istanbul that has hardly been matched in any other civilization. Another important art form of this period is Islamic lacquer, represented in the Collection by more than 500 examples. Through these works one can trace the history of this art from its definitive technical formulation in the late 15th century, through the great stylistic changes of the 17th century, until production all but ceased after the fall of the Qajar dynasty in 1924.

The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art is an unprecedented 47 volume series of which 37 are now published which together form the most unique and extensive survey of the field. The General Editor is Dr Julian Raby, previously Lecturer at Oxford University and former Director of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Eminent academics and specialists around the world have been commissioned to write the volumes. Among them are Professor Sheila S. Blair, Norma Jean Calderwood Chair in Fine Arts, Boston College, Boston, and a specialist in Persian arts; Professor François Déroche, Fellow of the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Director of studies at the Ecole pratique des hautes études, and a specialist in early Qur’ans and the history of the handwritten book in the Islamic world; Professor Geoffrey Khan, Fellow of the British Academy, the Regius Professor of Hebrew, Cambridge University, and a specialist in Arabic papyrology; Professor Michael Rogers, Fellow of The British Academy, former Curator of the Islamic Department at the British Museum, first holder of The Khalili Chair of Islamic Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and currently the Honorary Curator of the Collection; Professor Emilie Savage-Smith, Fellow of The British Academy, Professor of the History of Islamic Science, Oxford University, and a specialist in Islamic science, medicine and magic.

Studies in the Khalili Collection is a second series of publications related to the Islamic art collection, presenting more detailed analysis of certain objects. Five volumes in this series have been published: one on Arabic papyri from Egypt; one on Arabic documents from Khurasan; one (in three parts) on Bactrian documents, some of which mention the same names/families/individuals cited in some of the contemporary Khurasani documents; one on the Portolan Atlas of Piri Reis, which includes a full facsimile; and one on Arab-Byzantine coinage. Again, the finest scholars have written on these special topics: Professor Geoffrey Khan, mentioned above; Professor Nicholas Sims-Williams, Fellow of the British Academy and Research Professor of Iranian and Central Asian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a specialist in Middle Iranian languages of Eastern Iran and Central Asia, including Sogdian and Bactrian; Professor Svat Soucek, Professor Emeritus of History, Princeton University, and a specialist in historic cartography; and Tony Goodwin, specialist in Byzantine and early Islamic coinage of the 7th century.

Curatorial and Administrative Staff

Professor J. M. Rogers Honorary Curator

Nahla Nassar Curator and Registrar

Dr Mehreen Chida-Razvi Deputy Curator and Publications

Publications

The Abbasid Tradition: Qur’ans of the 8th to the 10th centuries AD

The Master Scribes: Qur’ans of the 10th to 14th centuries AD

After Timur: Qur’ans of the 15th and 16th centuries

The Decorated Word: Qur’ans of the 17th to 19th centuries – Part One

The Decorated Word: Qur’ans of the 17th to 19th centuries – Part Two

The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy of the 14th to 20th Centuries

Bills, Letters and Deeds: Arabic Papyri of the 7th to 11th Centuries

Learning, Piety and Poetry. Manuscripts from the Islamic world

Paintings from India

Cobalt and Lustre: The first centuries of Islamic pottery

A Rival to China. Later Islamic pottery – Part One

A Rival to China. Later Islamic pottery – Part Two

Brasses, Bronze and Silver of the Islamic Lands – Part One

Brasses, Bronze and Silver of the Islamic Lands – Part Two

Brasses, Bronze and Silver of the Islamic Lands – Part Three

Brasses, Bronze and Silver of the Islamic Lands – Part Four

Science, Tools & Magic: Part One, Body and Spirit Mapping the Universe

Science, Tools & Magic: Part Two, Mundane Worlds

Seals and Talismans

Textiles, Carpets and Costumes – Part One

Textiles, Carpets and Costumes – Part Two

Glass: From Sasanian antecedents to European imitations

Ornament and Amulet: Rings of the Islamic Lands

The Art of Adornment: Jewellery of the Islamic lands – Part One

The Art of Adornment: Jewellery of the Islamic lands – Part Two

Gems and Jewels of Mughal India. Jewelled and enamelled objects from the 16th to 20th centuries

Dinars and Dirhams. Coins of the Islamic lands. The early period (Part One)

Dinars and Dirhams. Coins of the Islamic lands. The later period (Part Two)

The Arts of War: Arms and Armour of the 7th to 19th centuries

Lacquer of the Islamic Lands – Part One

Lacquer of the Islamic Lands – Part Two

Occidentalism. Islamic Art in the 19th Century

Monuments and Memorials. Carvings and tile work from the Islamic world

The Tale and the Image Volume One. History and epic paintings from Iran and Turkey

The Tale and the Image Volume Two. Illustrated manuscripts and album paintings from Iran and Turkey

A Compendium of Chronicles: Rashid al-Din’s illustrated history of the world

The Khalili Portolan Atlas. A Facsimile Edition With text

The Khalili Falnamah

Turcoman Jewellery

Empire of the Sultans. Ottoman Art from the Collection of Nasser D. Khalili, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection,Brunei Gallery, London and Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Empire of the Sultans. Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection, US tour of the exhibitions

Marvels of the East. Indian Paintings of the Mughal Period from the Khalili Collection

The Arts of Islam. Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, Sydney, Australia

The Arts of Islam. Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi

Arts de l’Islam: chefs-d’œuvre de la collection Khalili

The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from Khalili Collection

Passie Voor Perfectie, Islamitische Kunst uit de Khalili Collecties

The Timeline History of Islamic Art and Architecture

Art & Culture de l’Islam

Tijdslijn van de Islamitische Kunst en Architectuur

Islamic Art and Culture. A visual History

Islamic Art and Culture. Timeline and History

Visions of Splendour in Islamic Art and Culture

Exhibitions

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Relieken, Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Fabric of India, The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Aventuriers des mers: de Sindbad à Marco Polo. Méditeranée – Océan Indien

Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (MuCEM), Marseiile, France

Trésors de l’Islam en Afrique de Tomboctou à Zanzibar

Institut du monde arabe, Paris, France

Power and Protection: Islamic Art and the Supernatural

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Sicily: culture and conquest

British Museum, London, UK

Court & Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

The Fabric of India

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

Ming: 50 Years that changed China

British Museum, London, UK

Sacred Places, Sacred Books

Museum Aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium

Kings and Pawns: Board Games from India to Spain

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar

Court and Craft in Medieval Mosul: A Masterpiece from Northern Iraq

Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK

India, Jewels that Enchanted the World

Moscow Kremlin Museums, Moscow, Russia

The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination

Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK

Bronze

Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA

Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA

Une cour royale en Inde: Lucknow (XVIIIème – XIXème siècle)

Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet, Paris, France

Passion for Perfection: Islamic Art from the Khalili Collection

Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands

India’s Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA

Al-Mizan: Sciences and Arts in the Islamic World

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, UK

Epic of the Persian Kings: The Art of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh

Mellon Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

Kyoto–Tokyo: from Samurai to Manga, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco

Grimaldi Forum, Monaco

The Indian Portrait: 1560–1860

National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

The Arts of Islam: Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection

Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France

Shah ‘Abbas: The remaking of Iran

British Museum, London, UK

The Arts of Islam: Treasures from the Nasser D Khalili Collection

Gallery One, Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Venezia e l’Islam 828 – 1797

Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy

The Arts of Islam – Treasures from the Nasser D Khalili Collection

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Moments of Vision: Venice and the Islamic World, 828 – 1797

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Venise et l’Orient 828 – 1797

Institut du monde arabe, Paris, France

East-West: Objects Between Cultures

Tate Britain, London, UK

Ibn Khaldun, The Mediterranean in the 14th century: Rise and Fall of Empires

Real Alcazar, Seville, Spain

L’Age d’or des sciences arabes

Institut du monde arabe, Paris, France

Asian Games: The Art of Contest

Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, Vermont, USA

The Jews of Europe in the Middle Ages

Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Asian Games: The Art of Contest

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA

Iraq and China: Ceramics, Trade and Innovation

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA

The Jews of Europe in the Middle Ages

Historisches Museum Der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany

Asian Games: The Art of Contest

Asia Society and Museum, New York, New York, USA

Asia, Body, Mind, Spirit

Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK

Goa and the Great Mughal

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

Heaven on Earth: Art From Islamic Lands – Selected objects from the Khalili Collection and The State Hermitage Museum

Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, UK

A caccia in Paradiso: Arte di corte nella Persia del Cinquencento

Museo Poldi Pezzoli and Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Hunt for Paradise: Court Art of Safavid Iran, 1501–76

Asia Society and Museum, New York, New York, USA

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from The Khalili Collection

Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia, USA

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from The Khalili Collection

Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256–1353

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

The Art of Love: Love’s Lust and Sorrow in World Art

Museum Rietberg, Zürich, Switzerland

Chevaux et cavaliers arabes dans les arts d’orient et d’occident

Institut du monde arabe, Paris, France

Ornements de la Perse: Islamic Patterns in 19th Century Europe

Leighton House Museum, London, UK

The Legacy Of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256–1353

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

The Nature of Diamonds

Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan, USA

Pearls: A Natural History

The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

L’Orient de Saladin au temps des Ayyubides

Institut du monde arabe, Paris, France

Spirit Of Islam: Experiencing Islam through Calligraphy

Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Pearls: A Natural History

American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA

Court and Conquest: Ottoman Origins and the Design for Handel’s “Tamerlano”

Glimmerglass Opera, Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Have a Nargileh: Water-pipes from the Islamic World

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World

River Front Arts Center, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Art of Islam, Heavenly Art, Earthly Beauty

State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

La Beauté in natura

Avignon, France

Marvels of the East: Indian Paintings of the Mughal Period from the Khalili Collection

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

The Art of Islam Heavenly Art, Earthly Beauty

Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Orakel: Der Blik in die Zukunft

Museum Rietberg, Zürich, Switzerland

Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785–1925

Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK

Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785–1925

Armand Hammer Museum of Art, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785–1925

Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Corps à vif: art et anatomie

Musee d’art et d’histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

The Quick and the Dead: Artists and Anatomy

Royal College of Art, London, UK

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Collection of Nasser D. Khalili

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland

Worlds Beyond: Death and Afterlife in Art

Cartwright Hall, Bradford, UK

Jüdische Lebenswelten

Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany

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Small Flask

JLY 1075
Jaipur, India

Youth in European Dress and Young Woman with Indian Headdress, from a Shahnamah

MSS 1000.1, MSS 1000.2
Isfahan, Iran

Dish

POT 684
Syria

Calligraphic Composition

CAL 154
Ottoman Turkey

Mail and Plate Shirt

MTW 1158
Northern Caucasus
for the Persian or Ottoman market

Two ‘Hands of Fatimah’

JLY 1923
India, possibly Hyderabad (Deccan)

Calligraphic Practice Sheet

CAL 266
Qazvin, Iran

Single Folio from a Four-part Qur’an

KFQ 90
Iran, Isfahan

Carpet with Star Medallions

TXT 213
Ushak, western Anatolia, Turkey

Mosque Lamp

GLS 572
Egypt

Single Folio from a Qur’an

KFQ 45
Middle East or North Africa

Single Folio from a Qur’an

KFQ 50
Middle East

Five Folios from a Qur’an

KFQ 52
Middle East or North Africa

Two Folios from the ‘Blue Qur’an’

KFQ 53
North Africa or Spain

Single Folio from a Qur’an

KFQ 60
probably the Hijaz

Two Bifolios from a Qur’an

KFQ 82
Middle East

Single Folio from a Qur’an

KFQ 93
Middle East or North Africa

Single Folio from a Large Qur’an

KFQ 96
probably North Africa

Single Folio from a Qur'an

KFQ 34
Middle East

Single Folio from a Qur’an

KFQ 84
Middle East or North Africa

Single Folio from a Qur’an

KFQ 68
Middle East or North Africa

‘Miniature’ Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 430
Middle East

Bifolio from a Qur’an

KFQ 89
Middle East

Part 20 of a 30-part Qur’an

QUR 306
Middle East

Single Folio from a Qur’an

KFQ 78
Middle East

Single-volume Qur'an

QUR 284
Iraq

Fragment of Part 18 of a 60-part Qur’an

QUR 186
probably eastern Iran
QUR 497
Sinjar or Nisibin, northern Mesopotamia (the Jazirah)

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 704
Iran or Iraq

Part One of a Royal Copy of al-Yahsubi’s Kitab al-Shifa’ bi-Ta‘rif Huquq al-Mustafa

MSS 359
Morocco, probably Fez

Album page in the Style of 'Muhammad Siyah Qalam'

MSS 1065
probably Tabriz, Iran

Bowl

MTW 255
Egypt

Album of Alphabetical Exercises (Murakkabat) by Mehmed Shevki

MSS 239
Ottoman Turkey

Album of Calligraphic Specimens

MSS 1073
India

Album of Calligraphy

MSS 28
Ottoman Turkey

Album Page with the Mughal Emperor Awrangzeb Out Hunting

MSS 1067
Mughal India

Al-Buni’s Shams al-Ma‘arif al-Kubra

MSS 556
Marrakesh, Morocco

Aquamanile in the Form of a Goose

MTW 846
Iran, Khurasan

Ardavan’s slave-girl Gulnar with the young Ardashir

MSS 1030, folio 516
Tabriz, Iran

Banner

TXT 224
Ottoman Turkey

Banner

TXT 239
Ottoman Turkey

Basin

MTW 1242
Iran, Khurasan

Belt Cup with Dragon Handle

MTW 1388
Golden Horde (South Russia or Central Asia)

Blue-and-white Bowl

POT 1910
Iran

Bowl with Notched Rim

POT 1578
Iraq

Bowl

JLY 1717
China or North India (bowl) and North India (decoration)

Large Bowl

POT 1623
Nishapur, Iran

Bowl

MTW 1313
Anatolia or Cilician Armenia

Bowl

POT 1173
Iran, Nishapur or the Caspian area (Mazandaran)

Bowl

POT 100
Nishapur, Iran

Bowl

POT 433
eastern Iran or Central Asia

Bowl

POT 502
Iraq

Bowl

POT 889
Iraq

Bowl

POT 1556
Nishapur, Iran

Bowl with a Lion Attacking a Fox

POT 1249
Syria

Bowl with Addorsed Birds

POT 1749
Syria

Bowl with a Benedictory Inscription

POT 98
Iran, perhaps Nishapur

Bowl with Inscription

POT 1492
Nishapur, Iran

Bowl with Inscription

POT 686
Afrasiyab (old Samarkand), Central Asia

Bowl with Inscription

POT 850
Nishapur, Iran

Bowl with Inscription

POT 1204
Nishapur, Iran

Bowl with Lustre Decoration

POT 1580
Iraq

Bowl with Quails

POT 1750
Syria

Bowl with the Figure of a Seated Prince

POT 99
Nishapur, Iran

Bracelet

JLY 1310
Eastern Iran, Khurasan

Broad-rimmed Dish with Splashed Decoration

POT 848
Nishapur, Iran

Calligraphic Composition

CAL 165
Ottoman Turkey

Camel-shaped Flask

GLS 598
probably Syria

Candlestick

MTW 1389
Anatolia

Candlestick

MTW 495
Egypt or Syria

Candlestick or Torch Stand

MTW 1283
Ottoman Turkey

Carved Finials

MXD 287
Iran

Casket

MTW 1266
Iran, Khurasan

Cenotaph

MXD 220
Iran, Caspian region

Central Section of a Banner

TXT 36
Ottoman Turkey

Chess Piece in the Form of a Seated Man

POT 1310
Kashan, Iran

Cockerel-headed Ewer

POT 855
Iran

Cornice Tile

POT 1532
Kashan, Iran

Court Lady with a Narcissus

MSS 1026
Mughal India

Crowned Head

MXD 325
Central Asia

Crowned Head

MXD 12
Iran

Cup with Dragon Handle

MXD 57
perhaps Aqqoyunlu Tabriz, Iran

Cup-shaped Vessel

MTW 1376
Greater Iran or Afghanistan

Cylindrical Beaker with Lustre Decoration

GLS 438
probably Egypt

Dagger and Sheath

MTW 1135
India, Rajasthan or the Deccan

Dagger (Khanjar) and Sheath

MTW 1146
Mughal India or the Deccan

Dagger and Sheath

MTW 1383
Rajasthan, north India

Dagger and Sheath

MTW 1134
India or Afghanistan

Suspension Bracket

MTW 825
Mosul, Northern Iraq

Set of Calligraphers’ Tools

SCI 264
Ottoman Turkey

Dish

POT 1123
Iznik, Turkey

Dish

MTW 709
northern Iran

Dish

POT 1748
Syria

Dish

POT 1649
Iran

Dish with Lustre Decoration

POT 1593
Iraq

Dish with Moulded Decoration

POT 844
Iraq

Pair of ‘Door Handles’

MTW 1407, MTW 1428
northern Mesopotamia (now south-east Turkey)

Double Page from the Gulshan-i ‘Ishq of Nusrati

MSS 640.1-2
Hyderabad (the Deccan), India

Double-shelled Ewer

POT 773
Kashan, Iran

Drinking Vessel with dragon Handle

MTW 305
north-east Iran

Drinking Vessel with Dragon Handle

MTW 288
north-east Iran

Eight-pointed Star Tile

POT 509
Kashan, Iran

Elephant Aquamanile

POT 1285
Syria

Boat-shaped Cup

MTW 921
Sasanian Iran

Emerald-set Box

JLY 1857
Mughal India

Emerald Pendant

JLY 1856
Mughal India

Ewer

MTW 1549
Iran, Khurasan

Ewer

MTW 1238
Iran

Ewer

MTW 754
Iran

Ewer in the Shape of a Goose or Swan

MTW 1533
Mughal India or the Deccan

Falcons’ Hoods

MXD 282
India

Figurine of a Dromedary

POT 857
Kashan, Iran

Finial

JLY 1073
Jaipur, India

Flintlock Gun

MTW 1165
Ottoman Turkey

Enamelled Flask

GLS 350
Syria

Flask

GLS 172
Syria or Egypt

Bell-shaped Flask

GLS 333
Iran or Egypt

Flask

POT 1584
 Iznik, Turkey

Flask (Surahi)

JLY 1803
 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Flask with Facet-cut Decoration

GLS 178
Iran or Iraq

Flask with Standing Figures

POT 107
Iran, perhaps Nishapur

Flat-woven Carpet (Kilim)

TXT 189
Turkey or Iran

Flintlock Gun

MTW 1166
Ottoman Turkey

Floral Carpet

TXT 191
Iran, probably Kirman

Folding Backgammon Board

LAQ 284
Iran

Footed Beaker

GLS 351
Iran or Egypt

Footed Bowl

POT 12
Iran

Footed Cup with Lustre Decoration

GLS 594
probably Egypt

Footed Dish

JLY 1076
Mughal India

Footed Dish with an Advancing Lion

MTW 1575
Sasanian Iran

Footed Jug

GLS 442
Iran or Iraq

Footed Pouring Vessel or Kettle Ewer

MTW 634
Iran

Four Tiles from a Frieze

POT 1728
Ottoman provinces, Syria or Palestine

Four Wooden Roundels

MXD 265
Ottoman Turkey

Fragment of a Silk Robe

TXT 245
Central Asia or Iran

Frieze Tile with a Dragon

POT 790
Kashan, Iran

Frieze Tile with Inscription

POT 1677
Kashan, Iran

Gauntlet

MTW 1402
India

Small Box in the Form of a Mango

JLY 2148
Northern India

Hanging

TXT 23
Nasrid Spain,probably Granada

Helmet in the Form of a Turban

MTW 1442
India, the Deccan

Hemispherical Basin

MTW 925
Greater Iran, Khurasan or Afghanistan

Hemispherical Basin

MTW 924
Greater Iran, Khurasan or Afghanistan

Hexagonal Table or Stand

POT 1700
Syria

Hookah

JLY 1974
Mewar (Rajasthan), India

Hookah Base in the Shape of a Dolphin

MTW 1500
Mughal India

Human-headed Jug

POT 1834
Eastern Iran or Central Asia

Incense Burner

MTW 1545
Spain

Incense Burner

MTW 1044
Syria

Incense Burner

MTW 1417
Iran, Khurasan

Incense Burner in the Form of a Dove

MTW 100
Iran, Khurasan

Incense Burner in the Form of a Lynx

MTW 412
Iran, Khurasan

Incense Burner in the Form of an Elephant

MTW 1041
eastern Iran or northern India

Incense Burner or Pomander in the Form of a Lynx

MTW 1525
Iran

Inkwell

MXD 56
Middle East

Instrument Case with Shuttered Mirror

LAQ 11
Isfahan, Iran

Jar

POT 2
Syria

Jar

POT 1251
Syria

Jar

POT 1347
Egypt or Syria

Judith with the Severed Head of Holofernes

MSS 1005
Isfahan, Iran

Jug with Lustre Decoration

POT 101
Iraq

Kitab al-Hadi al-Muhammadi fi’l-Tibb al-Nabawi (a Treatise on Prophetic Medicine)

MSS 568
probably Damascus

Knife

MTW 1492
Ottoman Turkey

Pen Box

LAQ 1
Isfahan, Iran

Lady Proffering a Hookah

MSS 999
Isfahan, Iran

Lamp or Candlestick

MTW 1531
Iran or Central Asia

Lampstand

MTW 1080
Iran

Large Aquamanile or Table Fountain in the Form of a Feline

POT 941
Iran or Afghanistan

Large Ewer

MTW 1584
India, probably the Deccan

A Khamsah of Nizami for Prince Awrangzeb

MSS 1023
possibly Iran (text); Mughal India (illustrations)

Jar with Lid

JLY 1804
possibly Khotan (jar and lid) and North India (mounts)

Long-necked Flask

GLS 330
Iran

Mace

MTW 1490
Ottoman Turkey

Magic Bowl

MTW 1444
India, the Deccan

Maharana Sangram Singh of Mewar out Hunting on his Horse, Jambudvipa

MSS 965
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

A Male Comb Duck

MSS 894
Company school, India

Medallion

GLS 608
Iran, Afghanistan or Central Asia

Medallion Carpet

TXT 220
Iran, perhaps Kashan

Mirror Case with Hinged Shutter

LAQ 42
Isfahan, Iran

Mother-of-pearl-inlaid Casket

MXD 255
Gujarat, India

Narrow-necked Flask

POT 1320
Iran

Necklace

JLY 1261
South India, probably Tamil Nadu

Niche Rug

TXT 198
Istanbul, Turkey, or Ottoman Cairo, Egypt

Niche Rug

TXT 236
probably Central Iran (Qazvin, Qum, Isfahan or Kashan)

Niche Rug with Floral Field

TXT 186
Cairo, Egypt (Ottoman court manufactury)

Oil Lamp

MTW 1293
Iran or Anatolia

Order of the Lion and the Sun

JLY 1631
Tehran, Iran

Pair of Anklets

JLY 1107
Benares (Varanasi), India

Pair of Anklets

JLY 1916
Sind

Pair of Door-knockers

MTW 1585
Egypt or Syria

Pair of Dragon-headed Candlesticks

MTW 1528
Khurasan, perhaps Herat, or Central Asia

Pair of earrings

JLY 2149
Egypt or Syria

Pair of Earrings with Pendant Chains

JLY 752
Iran

Pair of Fly-whisk Handles

JLY 1858
India, Rajasthan, probably Jaipur

Pair of lamp stands

MTW 1527
India

Pair of Stirrups

MTW 1512
probably Ghaznavid

Rectangular Pan Box

JLY 1719
Mughal India

Pan Box and Tray

JLY 1720
Mughal India

Panel with the Single Name, Allah, Repeated

TXT 222
probably North Africa

Pen Box

LAQ 133
India or Iran

Pen Box

LAQ 39
Isfahan, Iran

Pendant in the Form of an Eagle Displayed

JLY 2151
Deccan or Southern India

Pestle and Mortar

MTW 1354, MTW 688
Iran, Khurasan

Pair of Pierced Tiles

POT 1885
Syria

‘Pilgrim Flask’

MTW 1530
Mughal India or the Deccan

Plaque, Probably from a Belt

JLY 1286
Southern Spain

Plate

GLS 601
probably Syria

Portrait Miniature of the Qajar Ruler, Fath ‘Ali Shah

JLY 1231
Iran

Pouring Vessel in the Form of a Bird

MTW 1430
Iran, Khurasan

Powder Measure

MTW 1431
India

Pyriform Flask

GLS 611
probably Iran

Casket with the Remains of a Combination Lock

MTW 850
Jazira, northern Iraq

Rectangular Tray

MTW 1363
Iran, Khurasan

Ring

JLY 1109
South India, possibly Mysore

Flask

MTW 1117
Iran

Rustam and the Seven Warriors at the hunting-ground of Afrasiyab

MSS 1030, folio 135
Tabriz, Iran

Rustam slays a dragon

MSS 1030, folio 119
Tabriz, Iran

Sabre hilt

MTW 1142
India

Seal of Shah Tahmasp

TLS 2714
Qazvin, Iran

Seal Ring with Tall Bezel

JLY 236
Iran

Section from a Chasuble

TXT 129
Bursa, Turkey

Set of 16 Gaming Pieces

JLY 1129
Mughal India

Set of Saddle Plaques

MTW 1560
Central Asia

Set of Six Buttons

JLY 1225
Southern Spain

Shah Jahan Watches an Elephant Fight, from the Padshahnamah

MSS 900
Mughal India

Shallow Bowl

POT 389
Nishapur, Iran

Shallow Bowl with Lustre Decoration

POT 1686
Iraq

Shallow Dish with Lustre Decoration

GLS 614
probably Egypt

Shallow Dish with Four Figures

POT 491
Kashan, Iran

Silk Brocade

TXT 150
Iran, or perhaps Turkey

Silk Lampas

TXT 170
Bursa, Turkey

Silk Rug

TXT 93
Mughal India

Silk Textile

TXT 237
Iran

Drinking Vessel

MTW 312
Ottoman Turkey, Anatolia or the Balkans

Silver-gilt Filigree Cabinet

MTW 1583
Goa, India

Mihrab’s wife, Sindukht, comes out with slaves carrying gifts to welcome Sam

MSS 1030, folio 89b
Tabriz, Iran

Single-volume Qur'an

QUR 614
India, probably Saray-i Amanat Khan

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 188
Shiraz, Iran

Cosmetic Set

GLS 171
Egypt or Mesopotamia

Spittoon

JLY 1072
Rajasthan, India

Spoon

MXD 253
Mughal India

Squatting Lion

MTW 916
Iran

Set of Stacking Beakers

GLS 578
Syria or Egypt

Stela

MXD 104
India

Stirrup Ring

JLY 1847
Fatimid Egypt or Syria

Panel from a Calligraphic Frieze

MXD 250
eastern Iran, Afghanistan or North India

Sword, Scabbard and Baldric

MTW 1132
Sudan

Sword, with the Name and Blazon of the Mamluk Sultan Baybars

MTW 1491
Egypt (blade) and Turkey (additional decoration)

Talisman

TLS 54
Middle East

Tall Ewer

MTW 455
Iran or western Asia

Tall Flask

GLS 609
probably Bohemia

Tent Panel (Qanat) with Standing Female Figure

TXT [IND] 17
Mughal India, perhaps Fatehpur Sikri

Textile with Confronted Parakeets

TXT 228
probably China

Textile with Palmettes in Lotus Medallions

TXT 229
Mamluk Egypt or Ilkhanid Iran

The combat of Rustam and Shangul

MSS 1030, folio 279
Tabriz, Iran

The Giant ‘Uj and the Prophets Moses, Jesus and Muhammad

MSS 620
Iraq (Baghdad) or Iran (Tabriz)

The musician Barbad conceals himself in a tree

MSS 1030 folio 731
Tabriz, Iran

The Rulers of the Mughal Dynasty from Babur to Awrangzeb, with their Ancestor Timur

MSS 874
India

The Salihotra (Salhutar), a Manual of Horses and Horsemanship (Farasnamah)

MSS 457
Mughal India

Thumb Ring

JLY 1123
Mughal India

Tile from a Frieze

POT 1290
Iznik, Turkey

Pair of Tombak Candlesticks

MTW 937
Ottoman Turkey

Tombstone

MXD 276
North Africa (Tunisia)

Tray

MTW 1465
Jazira or western Iran

Tray with Vertical Sides

MTW 326
Greater Iran, Khurasan or Afghanistan

Turban Crown

JLY 1071
Kathmandu, Nepal

Two Beads

JLY 1828
Iran, possibly Gurgan

Two Pages from the Ramayana Made for Akbar’s mother, Hamidah Banu Begum

MSS 955.1–2
Mughal India

Two Folios from the Siyer-i Nebi

MSS 152.1, MSS 152.2
Istanbul, Turkey

Turban Ornament

JLY 1440
South India, possibly Arcot

Two Wandering Dervishes

MSS 619
Iran, most probably Tabriz

Wall-hanging with Multiple Niches (Saff)

TXT 27
probably Morocco

War Mask

MTW 1390
Anatolia or Western Iran

Watermelon-shaped Bottle

GLS 384
Iran or Iraq

Water-scoop

MTW 906
Ottoman Turkey

Woollen Tunic

TXT 1
Upper Egypt

Zahhak slays the sacred cow Barmayah

MSS 1030, folio 30
Tabriz, Iran

Zahhak Receives the Daughters of Jamshid

MSS 1030, folio 27
Tabriz, Iran

Single Folio from a Qur’an

KFQ 10
Middle East or North Africa

Calligraphic Practice Sheet

CAL 421
Iran

Hilyah, with Four Certificates of Calligraphic Merit

CAL 255
Ottoman Turkey Test Link

Bifolio from a Large Vertical-format Qur’an

KFQ 94
North Africa

Fragments of a Seven-part Qur’an

QUR 89
Iran

Part 8 of a 30-part Qur’an

QUR 87
Iran, perhaps Azerbaijan
QUR 589.1–2
perhaps Syria

Two Quires from an Oblong-format Qur’an

QUR 261, QUR 368
Palermo, Sicily

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 318
Valencia, Spain

Part Two of a Four-part Qur’an

QUR 288
North Africa or Spain

Bifolio from a Qur’an

QUR 521
North Africa

Single Folio from a Qur’an

QUR 520
North Africa

First Half of al-Baghawi’s Masabih al-Sunnah

MSS 245
Iraq or Iran

Volume Four of the Diwan of Ibn al-‘Arabi

MSS 225
probably Damascus, Syria

Part 15 of a 30-part Qur’an

QUR 29
Baghdad, Iraq

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 671
Iraq, probably Mosul

Volume Containing Five Surahs of the Qur’an

QUR 242
Iran, probably Shiraz

Single Folio from a Qur’an

QUR 850, QUR 1092
perhaps Yemen

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 187
Egypt or Syria

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 595
Egypt, probably Cairo

Kitab al-Masalik wa’l-Mamalik of al-Istakhri

MSS 972
Iran, perhaps Isfahan

The Diwan (Complete Poems) of al-Mutanabbi

MSS 902
Nakhjavan, Iran

Qutb al-Din Mahmud Shirazi’s Sharh Qanun ibn Sina

MSS 776
north-western Iran

Section of al-Bukhari’s al-Jami‘ al-Sahih

MSS 311
probably Egypt

Al-Buni’s Treatise on the Magical Uses of the Ninety-nine Names of God

MSS 300
Middle East

The Mathnavi of Jalal al-Din Rumi

MSS 945
Iran

Frontispiece with a Dedication to Sultan Khalil

MSS 1040
Tabriz, Iran

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 171
Mamluk Egypt or Ottoman Turkey

A Single Line from the So-called ‘Baysunqur Qur’an’

QUR 486
Herat or Samarkand

Two Consecutive Pages from a Very Large Qur’an

QUR 596.1–2
Iran

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 4
Tabriz or Shiraz

Two Folios from a Qur’an

QUR 438.1–2
Iraq or Iran

Miniature Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 371
Turkey

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 642
Herat, Afghanistan

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 323
Herat, Afghanistan

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 34
Istanbul, Turkey

Part 29 of a 30-part Qur’an

QUR 974
Great Mosque of Khanbaliq (modern Beijing), China

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 317
Egypt, most probably Cairo

Qur’an Fragment

QUR 413
perhaps India

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 251
Herat or Tabriz

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 111
Shiraz, Iran

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 441
Shiraz, Iran

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 729
Iran, Shiraz or Qazvin

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 206
Iran

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 301
Iran, probably Isfahan

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 420
Istanbul, Turkey

Bifolio from a Qur’an

QUR 627
probably Cairo, Egypt

An Illustrated Astronomical Treatise by Mahmud ibn Muhammad al-Jaghmini

MSS 1164
Ayathulugh (Ayasoluk), Anatolia

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 914
Shiraz, Iran

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 1076
Istanbul, Turkey

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 343
Ottoman Balkans, probably Shumen

Loose-leaf, Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 109
western Sudan

Amulet with a Hilyah

TLS 1903
Ottoman Turkey or India

Hilyah

CAL 463
Ottoman Turkey

Hilyah, Combined with magic Squares

CAL 302
Iran

Muraqqa‘at Album

CAL 1
Baghdad, Iraq

Album Page with Qur’anic Verses

CAL 275
Iran

Page of Muraqqa‘at

CAL 225
Iran

Album of Muraqqa‘at

MSS 609
Iran

Page of Muraqqa‘at

CAL 7
Ottoman Turkey

Eight Hadiths

CAL 244
Ottoman Turley

Album of Muraqqa‘at

MSS 274
Ottoman Turkey

Album Page with Calligraphic Composition

CAL 175
Iran

Album Page with Calligraphic Composition

CAL 216
Iran

Calligraphic Composition in Découpage

CAL 117
Iran or India

Calligraphic Composition in Découpage

CAL 30
Ottoman Turkey

Calligraphic Composition in Découpage

CAL 320
Ottoman Turkey

Album Page

CAL 62
Iran

Calligraphic Composition

CAL 133
Iran

Calligraphic Panel

CAL 334
Ottoman Turkey

Calligraphic Panel

CAL 312
Ottoman Turkey

Calligraphic Panel

CAL 448
Ottoman Turkey

Calligraphic Panel

CAL 403
Ottoman Turkey

Calligraphic Panel

CAL 54
Ottoman Turkey

Calligraphic Panel

CAL 99
Iran

Calligraphic Panel

CAL 178
Iran or India

Two Pages from an Album

CAL 259
India

Calligraphic Composition

CAL 353
Ottoman Turkey

Document Confirming the Emancipation of a Slave (‘Itq)

DOC 11 [AR 14]
Khurasan

Quittance Relating to the Dowry of Hamra, the Daughter of Mir ibn Bek

DOC 22 [AR 7]
Khurasan
DOC 17 [AR 3]
Khurasan

Tax Quittance for Mir ibn Bek

DOC 27 [AR 30]
Khurasan
DOC 18 [AR 27]
Khurasan

Tax Quittance for Qarawal ibn Mir

DOC 44 [AR 17]
Khurasan
DOC 34 [AR 22]
Khurasan

Tax Quittance for Meham al-Bamiyani

DOC 31 [AR 2]
Khurasan
DOC 16 [AR 24]
Khurasan
DOC 12 [AR 11]
Khurasan

Document Confirming the Manumission of a Slave (Mukataba)

DOC 47 [AR 21]
Khurasan

Contract for the Lease of a Vineyard

DOC 5
Northern Afghanistan

Contract for the Purchase of an Estate

DOC 6
Northern Afghanistan

Deed of the Gift of an Estate and of a Female Slave

DOC 10
Northern Afghanistan

Contract for the Purchase of an Estate

DOC 55
Northern Afghanistan

Letter

DOC 75
Northern Afghanistan

Letter (Palimpsest)

DOC 85
Northern Afghanistan

Contract for the Purchase of an Estate

DOC 116
Northern Afghanistan

Judicial Declaration in the Form of an Open Letter

DOC 117
Northern Afghanistan

A Magnificently Illuminated Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 1081
North Africa

Ten Folios from the Copy of Firdawsi ‘s Shahnamah Made for Shah Tahmasp (Houghton Shahnamah)

MSS 1030
Tabriz, Iran

‘The Death of King Mirdas’, Folio 25 from the Shahnamah of Shah Tahmasp

MSS 1030, folio 25
Tabriz, Iran

Album page in the Style of ‘Muhammad Siyah Qalam’

MSS 1075
probably Tabriz, Iran

Silver Dirham (Arab-Sasanian Type)

AR 3
mint: Darabjird

Silver Dirham (Arab Sasanian Type)

AR 7
mint: Basra

Gold Solidus (Umayyad Imperial Image Type, Pre-reform)

AV 1085
without mint name; but almost certainly struck in Damascus

Gold Dinar (Umayyad Post-Reform Type)

AV 1071
without mint name; but almost certainly struck in Damascus

Silver Dirham

AR 6279
mint: al-Basrah (Basra, Iraq)

Silver Dirham

AR 6320
mint: Dimashq (Damascus, Syria)

Copper Fals (Arab-Byzantine, Pre-reform Type)

AE 7
mint: Dimashq (Damascus, Syria)

Gold Dinar

AV 4
mint: Ifriqiyyah (North Africa)

Silver Dirham

AR 458
mint: Madinat al-Salam (Iraq)

Gold Dinar

AV 66
without mint name; but almost certainly struck at Madinat al-Salam (Iraq)

Gold Dinar

AV 99
without mint name; but most probably struck at al-Fustat (Egypt)

Gold Dinar

AV 1073
mint: Madinat al-Salam (Iraq)

Gold Dinar (Abbasid Reform-Style)

AV 107
without mint name; (Iraq)

Silver Presentation Dirham

AR 1474
without mint name (presumably Baghdad)

Gold Double Dinar (Presentation Piece)

AV 943
mint: Madinat al-Salam (Iraq)

Copper Fals (Standing Caliph Type)

AE 58
mint: Dimashq (Damascus, Syria)

Gold Solidus (‘Mutilated Cross’ Type)

AV 1078
without mint name; but possibly struck in Damascus

Gold Dinar

AV 964
mint: al-Qayrawan (Qayrawan, Tunisia)

Gold Dinar

AV 507
mint: Trablus (Tripoli, Lebanon)

Gold Dinar

AV 272
mint: al-Iskandariyyah (Alexandria, Egypt)

Gold Dinar

AV 284
mint: Misr (Cairo, Egypt)

Gold Dinar

AV 1047
mint: Filastin (Palestine province)

Wide-mouthed Jug

GLS 521
Iran or Afghanistan

Long-necked Ewer

GLS 567
Iran or Afghanistan

Hexagonal Flask

GLS 584
Syria or Palestine

Small Jar with Marvered Decoration

GLS 436
Syro-Palestinian coast

Square Tile of Gold-glass

GLS 556
Syria

Large Conical Beaker

GLS 549
Eastern Roman Empire or Iran

Facet-cut Spoon

GLS 159
possibly Eastern Roman Empire

Jug

GLS 570
Iran or Afghanistan

Large Ewer

GLS 275
Iran or Egypt

Ratl Weight

GLS 458
Fustat, Egypt

Beaker

GLS 473
Eastern Mediterranean, Iraq or Iran

Small Jug with Mould-blown Decoration

GLS 587
Syro-Palestinian coast, or possibly Egypt

Fragmentary Base of a Flask

GLS 114
Iran or Afghanistan

Large Jar with Scratched Decoration

GLS 610
probably Syria

Flask with Lozenge Bosses

GLS 398
Eastern Mediterranean or Iran

Jug

GLS 179
Iraq or possibly Nishapur, Iran

Mallet-shaped Flask

GLS 586
Mesopotamia or Egypt, or possibly Nishapur, Iran

Stem Goblet

GLS 331
perhaps Iran

Unguent Flask or Scent Bottle

GLS 571
Eastern Mediterranean or Iran

Long-necked Flask

GLS 182
Iran

Small Marvered Bowl

GLS 533
Egypt or Syro-Palestinian coast

Fragment from a Flask

GLS 273
Egypt or Syria

Rosewater Sprinkler

GLS 535
Turkey

Flask

GLS 400
Iran, probably Shiraz

Case Bottle

GLS 486
India

Hookah Base

GLS 580
Europe, probably England

Bowl with Cover

GLS 503
Nancy, France

Large Mosque Lamp

GLS 262
Paris, France

Mosque Lamp with Suspension-ball

GLS 266
Austria or Bohemia

Mosque Lamp with Suspension-ball

GLS 263
Austria or Bohemia

Bowl with Lustre Decoration

POT 683
Iraq

Lobed Bowl with Crowned Heads

POT 885
Iran, probably Nishapur

Multiple Oil Lamp

POT 778
Iran

House Model

POT 1047
Iran

Conical Bowl

POT 1586
Kashan, Iran

Six-pointed Star Tile

POT 1477
Kashan, Iran

Small Jug

POT 126
Egypt or Syria

Triangular Stand

POT 109
Syria

Narrow-necked Flask

POT 1118
Iran or Central Asia

Fragment of a Bowl with Scenes from the Shahnamah

POT 875
Iran

Blue-and-white Bowl

POT 1911
Iran

Panel of Hexagonal Tiles

POT 1723
Iznik, Turkey

Lidded Vase

MTW 1361
Iran, Khurasan

Pen Box

MTW 939
Iran, Khurasan

Inkwell

MTW 1466
Herat, Khurasan

Inkwell

MTW 1474
western Iran or northern Mesopotamia

Serving Spoon

MTW 395
Iran

Spherical Hookah Base

MTW 1588
Mughal India, the Deccan

Sheath for a Dagger

MTW 894
Ottoman Turkey

Turban Helmet

MTW 773
Northern Caucasus
for the Persian or Ottoman market
later 15th century

Belt Fittings

MTW 1419
eastern Iran, perhaps Nishapur

Belt or Harness Fittings

JLY 2135
northeastern China or Inner Asia (or Central Asia)

Belt Fittings

JLY 2153
northeastern China or Inner Asia (or Central Asia)

Belt Fittings

MTW 1432
Anatolia or north-west Iran

Two Belt Fittings

JLY 1012
Golden Horde (South Russia or Central Asia)

Belt Fitting

JLY 1825
Central Asia or the Qipchaq steppe (Golden Horde)

Buckle and Two Belt Plaques

JLY 1461
Iran

Belt Fittings

JLY 947
Ukraine, southern Russia, Caucasus or northern Iran

Belt or Harness fittings

JLY 2150
Ukraine, southern Russia, Caucasus or northern Iran

Plaques from a Set of Horse Trappings

JLY 503
Iran

Chamfron

MTW 1125
India

Dagger and Sheath

MTW 1143
Turkey and Germany

Horseshoe

MTW 1244
Ottoman provinces

Flintlock Pistol

MTW 1162
Ottoman Turkey

Helmet

MTW 1415
Iran

Incense Burner

MTW 1663
Mosul, Jazira (northern Iraq)

Bahram Gur Sends his Brother Narsi as Viceroy to Khurasan, from the Great Mongol (‘Demotte’) Shahnamah

MSS 994
Tabriz, Iran

Pen Box

LAQ 361
Isfahan, Iran

Pair of Book Covers

LAQ 20
Iran

Portrait Pendant

LAQ 2
Isfahan, Iran

Mirror Case with Fitted Shutter

LAQ 43
Isfahan, Iran

Casket

LAQ 282
Iran

Binding of a Manuscript

MSS 773
Shiraz, Iran

Pen Box with a Portrait of a Qajar Prince

LAQ 49
Isfahan, Iran

Mirror Case with Hinged Shutter

LAQ 65
Iran

Pair of Album Covers

LAQ 92, LAQ 281
Tehran, Iran

Stencil

LAQ 519
Iran

Book Cover

LAQ 137
perhaps Herat

Book Cover

LAQ 140

Pen Box

LAQ 320
Iran

Set of Two Panels

LAQ 350
Iran

Pen Box

LAQ 401
Isfahan, Iran

Pen Box

LAQ 408
Shiraz, Iran

Folding Fan

LAQ 461
Iran, Isfahan or Tehran

Mirror Case with Fitted shutter

LAQ 465
Isfahan, Iran

Binding of a copy of the Bustan of Sa‘di

MSS 712
most probably Istanbul, Turkey

Mirror Case with Hinged Shutter

LAQ 476
Shiraz, Iran

Flap from a Book-cover

LAQ 513
Isfahan, Iran

Binding of a Qur’an

QUR 356
Iran

Binding of a Devotional Manuscript

MSS 211
Iran

Binding of a Divan of Nava’i

MSS 948
probably Herat

Double-sided Polygonal Talisman

TLS 51
Iran

Talisman

TLS 53
Middle East

Talismanic Pendant

TLS 57
India

Polygonal Talisman

TLS 58
India

Faceted Talismanic Pendant

TLS 61
Middle East

Leaf-shaped Talismanic Pendant

TLS 67
Iran

Leaf-shaped Talismanic Pendant

TLS 68
Iran

Rectangular Seal

TLS 119
Middle East

Oval Seal

TLS 144
Middle East

Almond-shaped Seal

TLS 149
Iran

Circular Seal

TLS 192
Middle East

Hololithic Seal with Drilled Handle

TLS 212
Middle East

Large Rectangular Seal with Handle

TLS 318
India

Oval Seal

TLS 340
Middle East

Hexagonal Seal

TLS 379
Middle East

Rectangular Seal

TLS 523
Middle East

Rectangular Seal

TLS 532
Middle East

Rectangular Seal

TLS 617
Middle East

Rectangular Seal

TLS 620
Middle East

Reused Sasanian Bead

TLS 637
Iran

Seal of Qara Muhammad ibn Türemish

TLS 666
Western Iran

Square Seal with Handle

TLS 823
Middle East

Eye-shaped Seal

TLS 882
Iran

Rectangular Seal

TLS 1009
Iran

Octagonal Seal

TLS 1263
Turkey

Faceted Pendant Seal

TLS 1315
Iran

Rectangular Seal

TLS 351
Middle East

Rectangular Seal

TLS 1799
Lucknow, India

Talisman

TLS 1855
Iran

Amulet

TLS 1911
Iran

Amulet

TLS 1938
Iran

Talisman

TLS 1966
Iran

Seal of the Ottoman Sultan ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (Abdülaziz)

TLS 2065
Turkey

Large Seal

TLS 2070
Iran

Round Seal in Gold Mount

TLS 2091
India

Hololithic Seal with Silver Handle

TLS 2093
Iran or India

Seal of a Qajar Prime Minister

TLS 2103
Iran

Round Seal

TLS 2300
Turkey

Oval Seal

TLS 2301
Awadh, India

Rectangular Seal

TLS 2423
India, possibly Lucknow

Small Talisman

TLS 2628
Middle East

Large Seal

TLS 2708
Iran

Seal of Sir Henry Russell, Mounted as a Clasp

TLS 2712
Hyderabad, India (seal); Europe, probably Britain (clasp)

Seal of Lt. Col. Paris Bradshaw

TLS 2725
north India, probably Awadh (seal) and Europe, possibly Britain (mount)

Hololithic Seal

TLS 2727
Middle East

Bronze Seal

TLS 2737
Iran

Seal Ring

TLS 2786
Iran

Seal of Nasir al-Din Shah

TLS 2836
Iran

Square Talisman

TLS 3141
Iran

Seal of a Qajar Official

TLS [add] 44
Iran

Square Seal

TLS [add] 51

Seal Ring

TLS 3039
MIddle East

Waqf Seal

TLS 3090
Iran

Pendant

JLY 1222
Egypt

Pendant

JLY 1004
Egypt or Syria

Pair of Earrings

JLY 1725
Egypt or Syria

Cup from a Water-pipe (Qalyan)

JLY 1734
Iran

The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din

MSS 727
Tabriz, Iran

Falnamah (‘Book of Divination’)

MSS 979
India, the Deccan, probably Golconda

Bowl

MXD 335
Mughal India

Plate

MXD 336
Mughal India

Casket

MXD 355
England and Afghanistan

Qur’an Stand (Rahlah)

MXD 117
Mughal India

Pair of Brackets

MXD 266
India, perhaps Agra

Window-grille (Jali)

MXD 260
Agra, India

Carved Panel

MXD 124
Mughal India

The Jami‘ al-Mabadi’ wa’l-Ghayat of al-Marrakushi

MSS 358
Iran or India

Planispheric Astrolabe

SCI 430
North Africa

Celestial Globe

SCI 21
Iran

A monumental planispheric astrolabe made for Shah Jahan

SCI 53
Punjab, Lahore

Planispheric Astrolabe

SCI 161
Iran

Planispheric Astrolabe Inscribed in Judaeo-Arabic

SCI 158
probably Spain

Celestial Globe and Stand

SCI 285
India

Astrolabe-quadrant

SCI 40
Ottoman Turkey

Shakyamuni offering fruit to the devil (from the life of the Buddha) from The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din

MSS 727, folio 34a
Tabriz, Iran

The Grove of Jetavana (Nagavrka, Maitreya’s tree of enlightenment), from The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din

MSS 727 folio 36b
Tabriz, Iran

Founder of the Qin and Han dynasties; with the seal of Shahrukh, from The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din

MSS 727, folio 11a
Tabriz, Iran

Xuandi of the Later Liang, from The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din

MSS 727, folio 14b
Tabriz, Iran

The mountains of India, from The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din

MSS 727, folio 21a
Tabriz, Iran

Battle of the Pandavas and the Kauravas (a scene from the Indian epic, the Mahabharata), from The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din

MSS 727, folio 25a
Tabriz, Iran

The nobles of Kashmir enthrone a faqir as King Yashaskara (r 939–948), from The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din

MSS 727, folio 28b
Tabriz, Iran

Noah’s Ark, from The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din

MSS 727, folio 45a
Tabriz, Iran

Joseph and his brethren, from The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din

MSS 727, folio 49a
Tabriz, Iran

The death of Moses on Mount Nebo, from The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din

MSS 727, folio 54a
Tabriz, Iran

Jonah and the whale, from The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din

MSS 727, folio 59a
Tabriz, Iran

Kitab sharh mukhtasar al-muntaha

MSS 83, folio 1b-2a
Herat

A collection of legal judgements (fatwahs), with the tughra of Sultan Selim III

MSS 84
Turkey

Kitab al-kharaj of Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub ibn Ibrahim al-Qadi, with tughra of Sultan Mehmed III

MSS 230
Egypt

Naqshbandi spiritual genealogy with associated texts

MSS 330
Dih Yahya, near Kabul

A Takhmis of al-Busiri’s Qasidat al-burdah (al-kawakib al-durriyah), by al-Fayyumi

MSS 563
Egypt

Calligraphic panel with the shahadah

CAL 11
Perhaps Ottoman Turkey

Page from a muraqa‘at album, with a hadith and prayers

CAL 25
Iran

Calligraphic composition (levha) with two hadiths

CAL 26
Ottoman Turkey

Hilyah

CAL 301
Ottoman Turkey

An illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544
Isfahan

Firdawsi’s dream: he is received at the court of Sultan Mahmud of Ghaznah from the illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544, folio 3a
Isfahan

Tahmurath, enthroned, receives the wise minister Shidasp, from the illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544, folio 4b
Isfahan

Hushang fights the black div, from the illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544, folio 5b
Isfahan

The plot to keep the kingdom’s youth from being sacrificed to Zahhak, from the illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544, folio 9b
Isfahan

Kavah brought to Zahhak, from the illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544, folio 11b
Isfahan

Tur smites Iraj with the seat of gold, from the illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544, folio 20b
Isfahan

The envoy of Salm arrives at the court of Faridun, from the illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544, folio 22b
Isfahan

Manuchihr unseats Tur, from the illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544, folio 25b
Isfahan

The simurgh returns Zal to his father Sam, from the illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544, folio 30b
Isfahan

Zal meets Rudabah in her pavilion at night, from the illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544, folio 36a
Isfahan

Zal smites Khazarvan with the ox-like mace, from the illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544, folio 55b
Isfahan

Rustam is told the value of his horse, Rakhsh, from the illustrated copy of the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 544, folio 59b
Isfahan

Miniature portrait of the Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I

MSS 571
Istanbul

Album page with a portrait of Prince Dara Shikuh

MSS 639
Mughal

A princess listening to music

MSS 641
Deccan, Golgonda

Album page with a camel fight

MSS 651
Iran, Isfahan

Album page with a camel and its driver

MSS 673
Iran, probably Qazvin

A Divan of Hafiz, with illustrated double frontispiece and illuminated borders

MSS 719
Iran, Khurasan

Album of figure studies

MSS 775
Turkey, Istanbul

An illustrated Divan of Hafiz

MSS 778
Central Asia, Bukhara

double-page frontispiece an enthroned ruler, with courtiers and attendants, in a garden from an illustrated Divan of Hafiz

MSS 778, folios 1b–2a
Central Asia, Bukhara

entertainment in a garden from an illustrated Divan of Hafiz

MSS 778, folios 18b-19a
Central Asia, Bukhara

A drinking party, one figure reading from a book from an illustrated Divan of Hafiz

MSS 778, folios 20b-21a
Central Asia, Bukhara

entertainment in a garden from an illustrated Divan of Hafiz

MSS 778, folios 40b-41a
Central Asia, Bukhara

entertainment in a garden from an illustrated Divan of Hafiz

MSS 778, folio 58a
Central Asia, Bukhara

entertainment in a garden from an illustrated Divan of Hafiz

MSS 778, folio 73a
Central Asia, Bukhara

A shaykh is offered wine from an illustrated Divan of Hafiz

MSS 778, folio 103a
Central Asia, Bukhara

Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Hafiz and the wine server from an illustrated Divan of Hafiz

MSS 778, folio 122a
Central Asia, Bukhara

Album page with a man holding a rosary attributable to Muhammad ‘Ali

MSS 780
Iran, Isfahan

Three folios from a Zenânnâme of Fâzıl Enderûnî

MSS 817
Turkey, Istanbul

Three folios from a Zenânnâme of Fâzıl Enderûnî

MSS 817.1a
Turkey, Istanbul

Three folios from a Zenânnâme of Fâzıl Enderûnî

MSS 817.2a
Turkey, Istanbul

Three folios from a Zenânnâme of Fâzıl Enderûnî

MSS 817.1b
Turkey, Istanbul

Three folios from a Zenânnâme of Fâzıl Enderûnî

MSS 817.3a
Turkey, Istanbul

Three folios from a Zenânnâme of Fâzıl Enderûnî

MSS 817.3b
Turkey, Istanbul

Three folios from a Zenânnâme of Fâzıl Enderûnî

MSS 817.2b
Turkey, Istanbul

The Emperor Akbar Shahh II and his court

MSS 981
Late Mughal, Delhi

Radha and Krishna in a boat

MSS 989
Company style in Rajastan, possibly Udaipur or Bikaner

Album page with a portrait of Dervish Ghiyath

MSS 997
Iran, Isfahan

Album page with a standing dervish holding a staff

MSS 998
Iran, Isfahan

Album page with an Indian fakir

MSS 1004
Iran, Isfahan

Album page with an equestrian portrait of Mirza Muhammad Taqi Tabrizi

MSS 1003
Iran, Isfahan

Four illustrated folios from the ‘Eckstein’ Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 1009
Iran, Qazvin

Kay Khusraw crosses the Oxus from four illustrated folios from the ‘Eckstein’ Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 1009.1
Iran, Qazvin

Gushtasp slays the dragon from four illustrated folios from the ‘Eckstein’ Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 1009.2
Iran, Qazvin

Rustam slays his treacherous step-brother Shaghad from four illustrated folios from the ‘Eckstein’ Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 1009.3
Iran, Qazvin

Adhar Barzin slays both the dragon and Bahman from four illustrated folios from the ‘Eckstein’ Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 1009.4
Iran, Qazvin

Album page with a seated couple in a landscape

MSS 1013
Iran, Isfahan

Album page with a youth on horseback with an attendant and a dog

MSS 1014
Iran, Isfahan

Folio from the ‘Freer 14th-Century’ Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 1020
Northwestern Iran

Portrait of Prince Shah ‘Alam

MSS 1027
North Deccan

Portrait of The Mughal Emperor Babur

MSS 1028
North Deccan

Album page with figure studies

MSS 1029
Iran, Shiraz

Folio from a Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 1031
Iran, Isfahan

Five satirical postcards with images based on the Shahnamah of Firdawsi

MSS 1090
printed in London, for the Ministry of Information

Reverse-painting on glass of a female beauty, in a contemporary carved and painted frame

MSS 1093
Iran

ascribed to Mirza Baba Woman with hennaed hands in Safavid costume, from an album of 47 paintings

MSS 1095, folio 2a
Iran

ascribed to Mirza Baba Youth with hennaed hands playing a stringed instrument, from an album of 47 paintings

MSS 1095, folio 2b
Iran

ascribed to Aqa Baqir and Mirza Baba Shaykh San‘an and the Christian maiden, from an album of 47 paintings

MSS 1095, folio 6a
Iran

ascribed to Mirza Baba Simpering wine-boy in Qajar dress, from an album of 47 paintings

MSS 1095, folio 13b
Iran

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II

MSS 1099
Iran

Portrait of an Ottoman sultan

MSS 1210

Mater of a planispheric astrolabe

SCI 42
India

Planispheric astrolabe with 3 plates

SCI 50
Morocco

Plate from a planispheric astrolabe

SCI 262
Syro-Egyptian

Celestial globe

SCI 268
India

Panel of silk velvet

TXT 32
Turkey, Bursa or Üsküdar

Inscribed cotton hanging

TXT 90
India

Fragment of a rug with staggered rows of flowering plants

TXT 94
Northern India

Sari with roundels

TXT 102
Deccan, Paithan/Aurangabad

Knotted-pile ‘chequerboard’ carpet

TXT 175
Probably eastern Anatolia or Syria

Coat with medallions and flowers

TXT 201
Central Asia, mid-Amu Darya, Turkmen or Uzbek

Knotted-pile carpet with palmettes

TXT 210
Iran

Saddle cloth

TXT 216
Ottoman Turkey or Iran

Border with floral arabesques

TXT 217
Kashmir

Fragment of a curtain from the court treasury of Amber, with 2 rows of Fritillaria imperialis

TXT 218
Southern India, Coromandel Coast

Coat with talismanic inscriptions

TXT 230
Transoxania or Khwarazm, Central Asia

Coat

TXT 232
Iran

Sleeved coat, with peacocks both in profile and presented frontally

TXT 395
Probably Tibet, Dulan

Talismanic coat

TXT 456
Turkey

Silk carpet

TXT 458
Turkey, Istanbul

Talismanic shirt

TXT 463
Turkey

Talismanic shirt on green ground

TXT 574
India

The final volume of a seven-volume Qur’an

QUR 70
India

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 86
Iran or Iraq

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 94
Middle East

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 96
Iraq, Karbala’

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 119
Provincial Ottoman, possibly the Hijaz

Part 30 of a 30-part Qur’an

QUR 159
Iran, probably Shiraz

Part 9 of a ten-part Quran

QUR 286
Middle East

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 170
Istanbul

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 180
Isfahan

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 241
Egypt

Part 7 of a 10-part Qur’an.

QUR 305
Middle East

Single-volume Qur’an

QUR 380
Ottoman Balkans

Five consecutive volumes from a multi-volume Qur’an

QUR 421
India

Single-volume Qur’an, rebound in two volumes

QUR 424
Hyderabad, Deccan

Fragment of part 34 of a 60-part Qur’an

QUR 470
Mamluk

Two folios from Part 14 of a 30-part Qur’an

QUR 562
Mamluk, probably Cairo

Mirror

MTW 84
Iran or Anatolia

23 plaques

MTW 233
Iran

Magic-medicinal bowl

MTW 265
India, Deccan, Golconda

Coffee pot

MTW 285
Turkey

Incense burner

MTW 413
Syria

Bottle

MTW 555
Iran

Measuring jug

MTW 597
Brunei

Cauldron

MTW 625
Iran, Khurasan, or Afghanistan

Ewer and basin

MTW 761
Northern India

Finial

MTW 763
Turkey

Helmet

MTW 776
possibly Mamluk

Ewer

MTW 871
India

Bowl

MTW 893
Syria

Tankard with endowment inscription in the name of Sultan Mustafa III ibn al-Sultan Ahmad III

MTW 898
Turkey

Cannon, made for Tipu Sultan of Mysore

MTW 1391
India

Ewer

MTW 1398
India

Sprinkler

MTW 1426
Turkey or Central Asia

Falcon hood

MTW 1521
India

Cauldron

MTW 1546
Caucasus, Daghestan, or Iran

Knife (kard), the hilt carved in the shape of a sheep’s head

MTW 1562
India, Mughal

Lamp

MTW 1572
Spain

Bird-shaped container

MTW 1591
Mediterranean area, Sicily

Water vessel in the shape of a duck with ‘bent’ neck

MTW 1598
India

Ewer

MTW 1657
India, Deccan

Dish with fish and birds

MTW 1666
Iran, Sasanian

Silver bottle made for al-hajib Abi’l-Fath Muhammd bin ‘Ali

MTW 1675
Egypt, or Iran

Lamp made by Elias Musa al-Himsi al-Dimashqi, rsident in Beirut

MTW 1681
Syria

Peacock finial

MTW 1692
India, Deccan or Tamil Nadu

Dish

MTW 1697
Iran, Afghanistan or Central Asia

Lota

MTW 1700
India, Varanasi

Dish

MTW 1752
Eastern Iran, Afghanistan or Central Asia

Jade bowl with parrot shaped handles

MXD 2
Turkey

Jade bowl in the shape of a parrot

MXD 3
Turkey

Small jade lobed oval dish

MXD 14
Turkey, or China for the Islamic market

Jade cup with lid

MXD 38
Probably Turkey

Jade oval bowl with lid

MXD 39
Probably Turkey

Rectangular panel with coloured marble inlay around central square-kufic inscription

MXD 100
Mamluk

Large stone with scroll and star interlace decoration

MXD 103
probably Morocco

Qur’an stand (rahlah)

MXD 230
North India

Marble statue of a sitting lion from a fountain

MXD 242
Spain

Calligraphic panel

MXD 283
India

Leaf-shaped jade cup on a low foot

MXD 284
Probably Turkey

Marble tombstone

MXD 291
Perhaps Upper Egypt

2 wooden panels carved with geometric interlace

MXD 329
Spain

Folding games board with chess and backgammon

MXD 357
India

Stucco tile with ‘wa-la ghaliba illa allah’ on a split-palmette scroll background

MXD 382
Nasrid Spain

Stucco tile with ‘wa-la ghaliba illa allah’ inside a shield-shaped medallion; interlaced palmette ground with the word ‘al-barakah’

MXD 383
Nasrid Spain

Marble fountain with pietra dura floral decoration

MXD 385
India

Ibn Qutaybah’s Kitab adab al-kuttab

MSS 606
The Jazirah or Iran

Fragment with interlace band

TXT 17
Egypt

Bowl and dish, with Qur’anic inscriptions and gilded star-and-crescent pattern

POT 1761
China, Jingdezhen

Faridun’s mother Faranak sends gifts to her son

MSS 1030, folio 38
Tabriz, Iran

Saddle Fittings and Horse Trappings

MTW 795
Central Asia or western frontiers of China

Fragments from the Almagest of Ptolemy

MSS 375