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Image	Title of Work of Art	Artist or Culture of Origin	Date or Style or Period	Materials and Techniques	Accession Number	Collection
	Qur'an manuscript		dated A.H. 1268 / A.D. 1851–52; Ottoman period (ca. 1299–1923)	Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on pape...	1980.603	Islamic Art
	Gift of Elizabeth Riley, 1980
	Qur'an of Ibrahim Sultan		dated 1427; Timurid	Ink, colors, and gold on paper	13.228.1-2	Islamic Art
	Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
	Rama Receives Surgriva and Jambavat, the Monkey and Bear Kings: Leaf from a manuscript of the Ramaya...		ca. 1605; Mughal	Opaque watercolor and gold on paper	2002.503	Islamic Art
	Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2002
	Reception Room (Qa'a)		1119 A.H. / 1707 A.D.; Ottoman period	Poplar wood with gesso relief, gold and ...	1970.170	Islamic Art
	Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Fund, 1970
	Red-Headed Vulture and Long-Billed Vulture: Leaf from the Shah Jahan Album	Mansur	ca. 1615–20; Mughal, period of Jahangir	Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on pape...	55.121.10.12	Islamic Art
	Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955
	Rose and nightingale (gul-o-bul-bul) drawing		19th century; Qajar	Ink and color on paper	1993.98	Islamic Art
	Purchase, Elizabeth Ettinghausen Gift, in memory in Richard Ettinghausen, 1993
	Rosette (shamsa) bearing the name and titles of Emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1628–58)		17th century; Mughal	Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on pape...	55.121.10.39	Islamic Art
	Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955
	Roundel		7th century	Polychrome wool and undyed linen, tapest...	63.178.2	Islamic Art
	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 1963
	Rug		19th century; Ottoman	Wool warp, weft, and pile; Gördes (Anato...	1974.149.29	Islamic Art
	Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan Bequest, 1973
	Rug with confronted animals		14th century	Wool (warp, weft, and pile), symmetrical...	1990.61	Islamic Art
	Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, Louis V. Bell Fund and Fletcher, Pfeiffer and Rogers Funds...
	Rustam Avenging His Own Impending Death: From the Gutman Shahnama (Book of Kings)		ca. 1330–40	Ink, colors, and gold on paper	1974.290.31	Islamic Art
	Bequest of Monroe C. Gutman, 1974
	Sabz Pushan Room		10th century		Sabz_Pushan	Islamic Art
	The Safavid Prince Haidar Mirza's Entrance into Istanbul in 1590: Page from a dispersed Divan of Mah...		1590–95; Ottoman	Ink, colors, and gold on paper	45.174.5	Islamic Art
	Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935
	Sash with flowering plants		17th century; Safavid	Silk, silver- and gilt-metal-wrapped thr...	33.80.18	Islamic Art
	Gift of George D. Pratt, 1933
	Scarf with Old Testament scenes (detail)		1648	Linen and silk thread	50.73	Islamic Art
	Rogers Fund, 1950
	Seal ring with inscription		late 15th–early 16th century; Timurid period (1370–1507)	Gold, cast and chased; nephrite, carved	12.224.6	Islamic Art
	Rogers Fund, 1912
	The Seley Carpet		late 16th century; Safavid period (1501–1722)	Silk (warp), cotton (weft), wool (weft a...	1978.550	Islamic Art
	Presented in memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Gift of Louis E., Theresa S., Hervey, and Elliot Jay Seley, and Purchase, H...
	Shah Jahan on Horseback: Leaf from the Shah Jahan Album	Payag (attributed to)	1628–58; period of Shah Jahan	Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on pape...	55.121.10.21	Islamic Art
	Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955
	Shah Jahan on a Terrace Holding a Pendant Set with His Portrait	Chitarman	dated 1627/8; Mughal	Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on pape...	55.121.10.24	Islamic Art
	Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955
	The Shah's Wise Men Approve Zal's Marriage: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp	cAbd al-cAziz(attr...	ca. 1525–30; Safavid	Colors, ink, silver, and gold on paper	1970.301.13	Islamic Art
	Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
	Shaikh Mihna and the Peasant: Page from a manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (The Language of...		ca. 1487; Timurid	Opaque watercolor, ink, and silver on pa...	63.210.49	Islamic Art
	Fletcher Fund, 1963
	Shaikh Sancan and a Maiden on a Balcony: Page from a manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr...		ca. 1600; Safavid	Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold...	63.210.18	Islamic Art
	Fletcher Fund, 1963
	Shaikh Sancan and the Unconscious Maiden: Page from a manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tay...		ca. 1600; Safavid	Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold...	63.210.22	Islamic Art
	Fletcher Fund, 1963
	Shawl		18th century; Mughal	Pashmina	1998.217	Islamic Art
	Gift of Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf, 1998
	Shears		18th–19th century	Steel, bronze, gold	67.55.127	Islamic Art
	Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1967
	Silk fragment with a rosebush, deer, and flower pattern		17th–early 18th century; Safavid	Silk, silver- and gilt-metal-wrapped thr...	49.32.99	Islamic Art
	Anonymous Gift, 1949
	Silk panel of Safavid courtiers leading Georgian captives		mid–16th century; Safavid	Silk, metal-wrapped thread; lampas	52.20.12	Islamic Art
	Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952
	Silk velvet signed by “Ghiyath”		second half of 16th century; Safavid	Silk; cut and voided velvet with continu...	52.20.13	Islamic Art
	Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952
	Silver covers for a gospel	Signed Astuatsatur Shahamir	1691	Gilt-silver repoussé plaques	16.99	Islamic Art
	Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, 1916
	Simonetti Carpet		ca. 1500; Mamluk	Pile weave, wool pile on wool foundation...	1970.105	Islamic Art
	Fletcher Fund, 1970

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