Works on Paper from the Islamic and Near Eastern Worlds

Ɵ Qur'anic 'Tarsh' amulet, containing a blessing for the blind to regain sight, wood-block printed in Arabic, on paper [Fatimid Egypt, twelfth cen...

Ɵ Muqamat of Hariri, lithographed in Arabic and Farsi, by the Munshi Nawwal press [India (probably Lucknow), dated 1303 AH (1886 AD)] single volum...

Bilolium from a fine Mamluk Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on buff paper [Mamluk Egypt or possibly Syria, thirteenth century] single bi...

Ɵ Juz from a Mamluk Qur'an, comprising text from Juz IX (Qala l'Mala-u), in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Probably Egypt, mid-fourteent...

Ɵ Section from a Mamluk Qur'an, containing the opening to Surah al-Anfal, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Mamluk Egypt, late fourteent...

Ɵ Hakim Tabib Abu Abd'ullah Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Sa'id al-An'amari al-Sikhbari, Al-Muntakhib min kitab qaniy'a Mulabib... (a work on Herbal Me...

Ɵ Two Qur'anic Juz', copied for Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Sheikh Qabilah Beni Yas, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper ["in the town of Al-Dhafr...

Ɵ Ne'matullah bin Ahmad bin Mubarak al-Rumi, a book of Farsi Vocabulary, apparently copied for a French traveller, in Farsi, with some manuscript ...

A lengthy talismanic scroll, with numerous magic squares and number squares, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [probably Egypt or Levant, e...

Ɵ A Fine Maghribi Dala'il al-Khayrat, in Arabic, with numerous full-page decorations, manuscript on paper [North Africa, late nineteenth century]s...

Ɵ A bound Sub-Saharan Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [East Africa (probably Ethiopia), late nineteenth century] single volume, l...

Leaf from a large Kufic Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Abbasid territories of North Africa or possibly Near East, 9th cen...

Leaf from a Kufic Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on parchment [Near East, 9th century] single leaf, single column, 18 lines of sepia Kufi...

Collection of leaves from dispersed Qur'ans, forming a teaching collection, in Arabic with some translations to Farsi, illuminated manuscripts on ...

Ɵ Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Ghazali, Kitab Mujalis al-Taqiya (a work on hadith and jurispudence), volumes and II and III only, in Arabic, de...

Ɵ Tanweer fi Mathad al-Sarba'a min Nashr ila Mafi (a work on Fiqh compiled in verse form), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Near East, da...

Ɵ Sharh al-Tahrir fi Faru' al-Fiqh (a commentary on Fiqh), second volume only, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Jerusalem, dated 1134 AH ...

Ɵ A devotional treatise on the Prophet Muhammad, in Ottoman Turkish, on polished paper [probably Ottoman Turkey, dated 1096 AH (1684 AD), but prob...

Ɵ Section from a Caucasian Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [probably Daghistan, first half of eighteenth century (apparently da...

Leaves from a fine calligraphic Muraqqa, in Farsi and Arabic, illuminated manuscripts on paper [Ottoman and Persian Empires, fourteenth to sevente...

Ɵ Tafsir al-Jalayan (Tafsir of the two Jalals), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [probably Ottoman Levant, c. 1780] single volume, apparen...

Ɵ Muhammad bin Suleyman al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on pink paper [Near East (perhaps Ottoman provinces), lat...

Panel of calligraphy from an Ottoman Muraqqa, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on green paper [Ottoman Turkey, dated 1277 AH (1859-60 AD)] single...

Group of six calligraphic panels in a fine Ta'liq script, five of these signed and by Muhammad Qasim, illuminated manuscripts on paper [Ottoman Tu...

Leaf from a Qur'an in kufic script, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on parchment [Near East or possibly Persia, probably late ninth century] singl...

Two leaves from a large Eastern Kufic Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on buff paper [Seljuk Persia, first half of the twelfth century]tw...

Ɵ Section from a fine Abbasid Qur'an, attributed to master scribe Yaqut bin Abd'ullah al-Musta'simi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Mesopotamia ...

Group of six Qur'anic plaques, text in Arabic, cut-steel with silver overlay [Eastern Ilkhanate provinces, probably under the Chagatai Khanate, mo...

Single elegant plaque with inscription in Farsi, cut-steel with silver overlay [Eastern Ilkhanate provinces, probably under the Chagatai Khanate,...

Ɵ Prayerbook of Du'a, with a dedication to Amir Shahrukh Sultan bin Timur Lang, in Arabic and Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Timurid Pers...

 Rostam with his Courtiers, scene from an illustrated Shahnameh, Persian miniature on paper [Timurid Persia, late fourteenth or very early fifteen...

Rostam in conversation with a Prince, scene from an illustrated Shahnameh, Persian miniature on paper [Timurid Persia, late fourteenth or very ear...

Rostam fighting the White Demon, with a second miniature on the reverse of Rostam with a Prince and Courtiers, scenes from an illustrated Shahname...

 Rostam and his Courtiers, and possibly Rostam killing Isfandyar, two scenes on one leaf from an illustrated Shahnameh, Persian miniature on paper...

Ɵ Jalal-al-Din Rumi "Molavi", Mathnavi, copied by Haji Hussayn ibn Badr al-Din al-Mashhadi, in Farsi, fine illuminated manuscript on paper [early ...

Portrait of a standing courtier, from a fine Safavid album, Persian miniature on polished paper [Early Safavid Persia (possibly Qazvin), mid- to l...

Ɵ Hafez Shirazi, Divan'e Hafez, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Early Safavid Persia, first half of sixteenth century]single volume, co...

Leila and Majnun fainting at the sight of each other, scene from Nizami's Khamsa, leaf from an illuminated manuscript in Farsi, on paper [Safavid ...

Folio from a fine Safavid Shahnameh, depicting a battle scene with Bahram, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, second half ...

Ɵ Nur al-Din Abd'ulrahman Jami, Divan (collected poems), copied by Qazi Mahmoud bin Amir Muhammad al-Herati, in Farsi, fine illuminated manuscript...

 An enthroned Zal and Rudabeh being entertained by palace courtiers and attendants, leaf from a Shahnameh, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on pol...

The Shah consulting a Mulla, leaf from a Shahnameh, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [Safavid Persia (probably Shiraz), last decades of si...

A seated Mulla in conversation with a youth, leaf from a Shahnameh, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [Safavid Persia (probably S...

Ɵ Nizami Ganjavi, substantial section of the Khamsa (containing four of five of the epic's poems), copied by Ahzar' Abad Muhammad, in Farsi, illum...

Ɵ A Fine Safavid Binding, leather over pasteboards [Safavid Persia (possibly Shiraz) c. 1700] a leather binding formed of two boards and a spine, ...

Three fine calligraphic leaves from the Gelpke Album, in Arabic and Farsi, illuminated manuscripts on paper [Timurid and Safavid Persia, sixteenth...

Calligraphic quatrain of poetic verse, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper, from a Safavid album [Safavid Persia, probably late seventeenth ...

A fine lacquered binding, depicting scenes from Nizami Ganjavi's Khusraw and Shirin, two large conjoined book-boards [Safavid Persia, dated 1197 A...

Ɵ Baha al-Din Muhammad al-Amili, Tashrih al-Aflak (The Anatomy of Celestial Spheres), in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [Safavid...

Ɵ Jalal-al-Din Rumi "Molavi", Mathnavi, in Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [rural Central Asia (probably Uzbeck regions), dated 1123 AH (1711...

An early Talismanic Chart, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on thin paper [Qajar Persia, dated 1218 AH (1803-04 AD)]  single vast sheet, containi...

Ɵ A pocket-sized Qajar Qur'an, copied for Mirza Sultan Hasan Khan, in Arabic with translations in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Qajar Pe...

Ɵ Sadr al-Din Muhammad Shirazi, known as "Mulla Sadra", Hikmaat al-Mutalyaa fi l'Asfar al-Aqliyya (The Transcendent Theosophy in the four Journeys...

Ɵ A fine Qajar Prayerbook, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on buff paper [Qajar Persia, probably c. 1840] single volume, complete, single bifoli...

Fine large Qajar lacquered board, for use as a binding, with text in Farsi [Qajar Persia, c. 1850] single vast board, ink and gouache heightened i...

A pair of fine decorated boards, for use as a binding, apparently illustrating scenes from al-Muqaffa's Khalila and Demna [Ottoman or Turkish, mid...

Portrait of Amir Sher Ali Khan of Kabul, Emir of Afghanistan, miniature painting on paper [probably Eastern Afghan regions, c. 1860] single folio,...

Persian calligraphic panel, probably signed Seyed Ali Jamini, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Qajar Persia, late nineteenth century]sin...

Three full-page illustrations from Shahnameh, in the Safavid-style of painting, illuminated Indian miniatures on paper [India (Deccan), c. 1700] t...

Tanka Ragini Megh Malhar, scene from a Ragamala, illuminated miniature on card, Amber school [India (Mewar), early eighteenth century] single foli...