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Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Binding: doublure
Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
ca. 1600
Binding and Text-Block for the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Binding: Leather, gold, and color; carved, impressed, and gilded<br/>Text-block: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Binding and Text-Block for the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
"A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
"Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Habiballah of Sava Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Habiballah of Sava
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
"Shaikh San'an beneath the Window of the Christian Maiden", Folio18r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"Shaikh San'an beneath the Window of the Christian Maiden", Folio18r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
ca. 1600
Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
ca. 1600
"Allusion to Sura 27:16", Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
"Allusion to Sura 27:16", Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
dated 892 AH/1486 CE
Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
dated 892 AH/1486 CE
Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
dated 892 AH/1486 CE
"The Beggar who Professed his Love for a Prince", Folio 28r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"The Beggar who Professed his Love for a Prince", Folio 28r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
dated 892 AH/1486 CE
"Shaikh Mahneh and the Villager", Folio 49r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"Shaikh Mahneh and the Villager", Folio 49r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
1487
Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
16th–17th century
Illuminated Frontispiece of a Manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Illuminated Frontispiece of a Manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Multiple artists/makers
text: dated 892 AH/1487 CE; illumination: ca. 1600
"The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water", Folio 44r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi Iranian, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water", Folio 44r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Farid al-Din `Attar
dated 892 AH/1487 CE
"Funeral Procession", Folio 35r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi Iranian, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"Funeral Procession", Folio 35r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Farid al-Din `Attar
dated 892 AH/1486 CE
Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi, Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi
Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi
dated 741 AH/1340–41 CE
Divan (Collected Works) of Jami, Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; leather binding
Divan (Collected Works) of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
`Abd al-Karim al-Khwarazmi
ca. 1480
"Timur before Battle", Folio from a Dispersed Copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi, Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"Timur before Battle", Folio from a Dispersed Copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi
Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi
Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini
839 AH/1436 CE
Nan va Halva (Breads and Sweets), Muhammad Baha' al-Din al-'Amili Iranian, born Syria, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper<br/>Binding: leather
Nan va Halva (Breads and Sweets)
Muhammad Baha' al-Din al-'Amili
ca. 1690
Tile with Niche Design, Nusrat al-Din Muhammad, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze
Tile with Niche Design
Nusrat al-Din Muhammad
dated 860 AH/1455–56 CE
Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities), Muhi al-Din Lari Iranian or Indian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)
Muhi al-Din Lari
dated 1089 AH/1678 CE
An Orange-Headed Ground Thrush and a Death's-Head Moth on a Purple Ebony Orchid Branch, Shaikh Zain al–Din Indian, Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
An Orange-Headed Ground Thrush and a Death's-Head Moth on a Purple Ebony Orchid Branch
Shaikh Zain al–Din
dated 1778
Futuh al-Haramain (Description of the Holy Cities), Muhi al-Din Lari Iranian or Indian, Main support: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper<br/>Binding: Leather
Futuh al-Haramain (Description of the Holy Cities)
Muhi al-Din Lari
mid-16th century
Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi, `Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi Iranian, Ink and gold on paper; leather binding
Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi
`Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
late 15th century
Divan, `Umar ibn al-Farid Egyptian, Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; gilt-stamped leather
Divan
`Umar ibn al-Farid
dated 1003 AH/1595 CE
"Yusuf Arriving in Egypt and Leaving the Ship in the Nile", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami, Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami Iranian, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"Yusuf Arriving in Egypt and Leaving the Ship in the Nile", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
Mir 'Ali al-Husaini
930 AH/1523–24 CE
Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities), Muhi al-Din Lari Iranian or Indian, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold on paper
Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)
Muhi al-Din Lari
16th century
"Laila Visiting Majnun in the Desert", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, Ala al-Din Muhammad, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
"Laila Visiting Majnun in the Desert", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Ala al-Din Muhammad
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
1520–25
"Khusrau Arriving at Shirin's Palace", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, Ala al-Din Muhammad, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
"Khusrau Arriving at Shirin's Palace", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Ala al-Din Muhammad
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
1520–25
"Muslim Pilgrim to Mecca Meets a Brahman on the Road", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, Ala al-Din Muhammad, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
"Muslim Pilgrim to Mecca Meets a Brahman on the Road", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Ala al-Din Muhammad
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
1520–25
"Battle Between Iranians and Turanians", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), Muhammad al-Qivam al-Shirazi Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
"Battle Between Iranians and Turanians", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Muhammad al-Qivam al-Shirazi
Muhammad ibn Taj al-Din Haidar Muzahhib Shirazi
1562–83
"Battle Between Iranians and Turanians", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), Muhammad al-Qivam al-Shirazi Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
"Battle Between Iranians and Turanians", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Muhammad al-Qivam al-Shirazi
Muhammad ibn Taj al-Din Haidar Muzahhib Shirazi
1562–83
"Conquest of Baghdad by Timur", Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victory), Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
"Conquest of Baghdad by Timur", Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victory)
Multiple artists/makers
Dhu'l Hijja 839 AH/June–July 1436 CE
"Siege of Baghdad", Folio from a Dispersed copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi, Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"Siege of Baghdad", Folio from a Dispersed copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi
Multiple artists/makers
Dhu'l Hijja 839 AH/June–July 1436 CE
Calligraphic Galleon, 'Abd al-Qadir Hisari Turkish, Ink and gold on paper
Calligraphic Galleon
'Abd al-Qadir Hisari
dated 1180 AH/1766–67 CE
Page of Calligraphy with Stenciled and Painted Borders from a Subhat al-Abrar (Rosary of the Devout) of Jami, Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami Iranian, Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper
Page of Calligraphy with Stenciled and Painted Borders from a Subhat al-Abrar (Rosary of the Devout) of Jami
Multiple artists/makers
text, ca. 1500; borders, first quarter 17th century
Untitled, Al Loving American, Acrylic on three joined canvases
Untitled
Al Loving
1971
"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari, Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami, Mir 'Ali al-Husaini, Main support: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper<br/>Binding (modern): leather
Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami
Mir 'Ali al-Husaini
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
1523–24
Colophon Page from Iskandarnama Manuscript, Abu Turab Mun'im al-Din Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Colophon Page from Iskandarnama Manuscript
Abu Turab Mun'im al-Din
dated 912 AH/1507 CE
"Battle Scene", Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi, Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi Iranian, Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper
"Battle Scene", Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi
Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi
1485–86