Works on Paper from the Islamic and Near Eastern Worlds

ƟIbrahim Müteferrika, Füyzat'i Miknatisiye (Treatise on Magnetism), printed in Ottoman Turkish, by the first series of the Müteferrika Press [Cons...

ƟIbrahim Müteferrika, Usulü'l Hikem fi Nizami'l Umem (Reasonable Principles of Public Order), printed in Ottoman Turkish, by the first series of t...

ƟJean Chardin, Voyages du Chevalier Chardin en Persen et autres lieux de l’Orient, printed in French, edition nouvelle by Le Normant [Paris, 1811]...

ƟKitab Lituri'hat (book of divine liturgies), printed in Arabic and Greek, for the Orthodox Eastern Church [Vienna, 1862] single volume, complete,...

ƟAhmad Wasif Efendi, Majalis Al-Athar wa Haqa'iq al-Akhbar (A History of the Ottoman Empire), two volumes in one, printed in Ottoman Turkish [prob...

ƟArabic Almanac for the year 1254 AH, printed in Arabic, Bulaq Press [Egypt (Cairo), dated 1253 AH (1838 AD)] single volume, complete, single colu...

ƟQawa'id al-Tarjuman (treatise on translation), by Khalifa Efendi, in Arabic, French and Ottoman Turkish, first edition in this form, printed by t...

ƟRis'hat ein al-Hayat, printed in Ottoman Turkish [probably Constantinople, dated 1269 AH (1853 AD)] single volume, single column, 6 pages of fihr...

ƟKitab Benedictariun (a Christian prayerbook), printed in Arabic, first edition in this form, by the Greek Orthodox Partiarchate [Jerusalem (Churc...

ƟA large volume of Persian Divan, lithographed in Farsi [Tehran, Iran, dated 25th Ramadan 1274 AH (1857-58 AD)] single volume, complete, opening a...

ƟDhil Qawa'id Othmaniya [on Ottoman grammar], first edition, printed in Russian and Ottoman Turkish [St. Petersburg, 1858] single volume, complete...

ƟKitab al-fikhulugium al-Kabir, for Use of the Roman Catholic Church, by the Franciscan Monastery of Palestine [Palestine, 1865] single volume, pr...

Bayt al-Muqaddas, chromolithographic depicting a holy site in Jerusalem, printed in Urdu, by the Ravi Varma Press [India (Kerala), n.d., c. 1900] ...

Nagaur Sharif, chromolithographic print, in English and Urdu, by Hemchander Bhargava [India (Dariba, Delhi), c. 1910] single leaf, a little faded ...

ƟKaragöz, the Turkish satirical periodical, issues 209-593, printed in Ottoman Turkish [probably Constantinople, dated 1328-1332 AH (1910-1914 AD)...

ƟE. Dinet and Suleyman bin Ibrahim, La Vie de Mohmmed Prophete d'Allah, illustrated by E. Dinet, limited edition by M. Faroux [Paris, n.d., c. 191...

Ɵ“Abou'lkasim Firdousi”, Histoire de Minoutchehr selon le Livre des Rois, illustrated by Michel Simonidy, translated to French by Jules Molh, by E...

ƟLes Arts Decoratifs Musulmans, the Albert Morance edition, by E. Weythe [Paris and New York, c. 1925] single volume, containing only 32 of 60 pho...

ƟMme. Hassan Bey (Egyptian foreign minister) in Argentina, album of original photographs of the Egyptian state visit [Argentina (Buenos Aires), da...

ƟTravel Guides for Isfahan and Tehran, printed in English [Tehran and Isfahan, c. 1944] two volumes, comprising: (i) A Short Guide to Isfahan, by ...

ƟLe Coran, facsimile edition of the Ibn al-Bawwab Qur'an, translated to French by Jean Grosjean, limited edition, Club du Livre, published by Phil...

ƟArchitecture and Cities in Iran, collection of works, in Farsi and English [various locations, 1939-1997] 4 volumes, comprising: (i) Lockhart, Fa...

ƟPersian Art and Antiquities, a large collection of reference books, in Farsi and English [various locations, second half of twentieth century] co...

ƟThe Land of Kings, edited by Ali Massoudi, second edition [Tehran, 1974] single volume, illustrations printed in colour throughout, very good con...

ƟA collection of works on modern Iranian history, in Farsi and English [various locations, c. 1970-2010] 8 volumes relating to the Pahlavi family,...

ƟHistory of the Persians, including Cyrus the Great, in Farsi and English [various locations, c. 1980-2000] collection of 8 volumes, including Boa...

ƟIsfahan and Shiraz, including Persopolis, collection of works, in Farsi and English [various locations, 1989-2009]5 volumes, comprising: (i) Kasa...

ƟThe History of Tehran, a collection of works, in Farsi and English [various locations, c. 1990] a collection of 8 volumes, including Old Tehran, ...

ƟQajar, Court Painting in Persia, by B. W. Robinson and Robert Ker Porter [Italy, 1990] single volume, printed on blue paper, colour plates mounte...

ƟStories from the Shahnameh of Ferdosi, by Soroush Press and Negar Books [Tehran, 1993] two volumes in one, printed in English and Farsi, decorati...

ƟPersia, Bridge of Turquoise, edited by Rolff Beny, with historical notes in Farsi and English on the plates [Tehran, 1993] single volume, illustr...

ƟPrinces, Poets & Paladins, Islamic paintings from the collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan, Sheila R. Canby, for the trustees of ...

ƟQajar Portraits, collection of the Shalva Amiranashvili State Art Museum of Georgia [Istanbul. 2004] single volume, illustrations printed in colo...

ƟIslam, Art and Architecture, edited by Markus Hattstein and Peter Delius, first English edition [France, 2000] single volume, illustrations throu...

ƟSplendors of the Ancient Persia, Henri Stierlin, first edition [China, 2006] single volume, illustrations throughout printed in colour, 4to (360 ...

ƟThe Arts of the Muslim Knight, The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection, concept and direction by Bashir Mohamed, first edition [Milan, 2008] sing...

ƟTravelling the Silk Road, Ancient Pathway to the modern world, illustrated edition [China, 2012] single volume, illustrations throughout printed ...

ƟA fine Mamluk Qur’anic Juz’, containing text Ha’Mim (26), in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Mamluk Egypt, probably second half of fifte...

ƟA large Sub-Saharan Qur'an, copied by Rasul Muhammad Sali'Allah, in Arabic, bound decorated manuscript on paper [probably Ethiopia, dated 23 Juma...

ƟA fine Dala'il al-Khayrat, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [North Africa (probably Morocco), mid- nineteenth century] single volume, 2...

ƟAla’ al-Din abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi’Hazam al-Qarshi al-Damashqi, known as ‘Ibn al-Nafis’, Bughyat al-Talibin wa Hujjat al-Mutatibbin (a referen...

ƟMuhammad ad-Din abdulllah Mahmoud ibn Maudud al-Mausili al-Baladji, Kitab al-Mukhtar fi al-Fiqh, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Mecca,...

ƟDocument relating to Jerusalem, in Arabic, manuscript on paper [Jerusalem, dated 1192 AH (1778 AD)] single leaf, single column, 23 lines of cursi...

ƟAbu Hamid Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Ghazali, Kitab Kimiyat al-Sa’ad (on the Muslim faith and Sufi life), copied by Isma’il bin Shaikh Hamad Razm’A...

ƟNizami Ganjavi's Makhzan al-Asrar, together with Amir Khusraw's Matl'a al-Anvar, in Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, late se...

ƟIbn al-Malik, Sharh al-Wiqaya, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Near East, possibly Lebanon, c. 1700] single volume, 109 leaves, apparen...

ƟTheology on the Qur'anic Arabic language, two parts in one volume, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Turkey, apparently dated 1...

ƟNazm al-Ma’ali fi Sharh Nathr al-la’Ali (Tales of Imam Ali), Persian translation of Nathr al-la’Ali attributed to Sadr al-Dahdabi, in Farsi, illu...

ƟTaqi al-Din ibn al-Ma'ruf, Al-Kawakib al-Durriyya fi wadh' al-Bankamat al-Dawriyya, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [probably...

A Balkan Gentleman in Turkish costume, original illustration on paper [probably UK, c. 1890] single folio, depicting a standing Balkan gentleman i...

ƟFin Asla’ha (The Art of Weaponry), in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Turkey, dated 1321 AH (1903 AD)] single ...

ƟAbu-Hassan Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Musawi, known as ‘al-Sharif al-Radi’, Takhlis al-Bayan fi Majazat al-Qur'an, or ‘Mujazat al-Radi’, in the ha...

ƟSa’d ibn Mansur ibn Kammuna, Kitab Talkhis li’bab al-Mantiq wa Khulasa al-Hakima (summary on logic), in Arabic, manuscript on thick buff paper [A...

ƟAbu Ali al-Husayn ibn ‘Abdallah Ibn Sina, known as ‘Avicenna’, Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat (Hints and Indications, a treatise on logic, physics, ph...

ƟEuclid. Elementa Geometrica, translation into Arabic ascribed to Nasir ad-Din Tusi, illuminated manuscript on fine polished paper [Timurid Persia...

ƟZayn al-Din Sayyed Isma'il ibn Husayn Gorgani (or al-Jurjani), Zakhireh'i Kharazmshahi (encyclopedia of medical sciences), in Farsi, decorated ma...

ƟSa'd al-Din Mas'ud ibn 'Umar al-Taftazani, Al-Mutawwal Sharh Takhlis al-Qazwini, signed by Hedayat'ullah bin Inayat'ulla al-Hussayni al-Isfahani,...

ƟMullah Najm al-Din Abdullah bin Shahab al-Din Yazdi, Hashi'ye Tahna'yib al-Mantiq (a treatise on Fiqh and logic), copied by Haj' Hasan Nishabouri...

ƟKhawja Shams ud-Din Muhammah Hafez’e Shirazi, known as ‘Hafez’, Ghazaliyyat, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, dated Raj...

ƟA collection of forty Shi’a Hadith, copied in verse, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on thick polished paper [Qajar Persia, dated Jumada al-Than...