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Tafsīr gharīb al-Qur’ān, by Abū Bakr Muḥammad al-Sijistānī (d. 941)

Date: 1106 (499H)

Publication Date: 1106 (499H)

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Language: Arabic

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Amulet, carved with Qur'an sura 114 (al-Nas)

Date: 1700-1900

Publication Date: 1700-1900

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Language: Arabic

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Dalā’il al-Khayrāt, by Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Jazūlī (d. 1465)

Date: 1764 (H 1177H)

Publication Date: 1764 (H 1177H)

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Language: Arabic

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Treatise on Variant Readings of the Qur'an (Kitab al-Badi') by Ibn Khalawayh (d. 980)

Date: 980 (370H)

Publication Date: 980 (370H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Date: 800-1000 (undated)

Publication Date: 800-1000 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

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Qur'an scroll

Date: 1750-1850

Publication Date: 1750-1850

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Language: Arabic

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Four horsemen riding around the hippodrome, from Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihayat al-su'l wa al-umniya fi ta‘allum ‘amal al-furusiyya) by al-Aqsara'i

Date: 1366 (767H)

Publication Date: 1366 (767H)

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Language: Arabic

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Qisṭās al-mu`ādala fī `ilm al-jabr wa al-muqābala, by al-Zanjānī (d. 1262)

Date: 1500-1600

Publication Date: 1500-1600

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Language: Arabic

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Ottoman book of prayers

Date: 1798-1799 (1213H)

Publication Date: 1798-1799 (1213H)

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Language: ara,tur

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al-Ṭāli` al-sa`īd al-jāmi` asmā' fuḍalā' al-Ṣa`īd, by al-Adfuwī (d. 1347)

Date: 1340-1346 (740-747H)

Publication Date: 1340-1346 (740-747H)

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Language: Arabic

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Juz' 3 of the Khayqani Qur'an

Date: c. 900

Publication Date: c. 900

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Language: Arabic

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Date: 800-1000

Publication Date: 800-1000

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Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Sharaf al-Din Musa, Firdausi of Bursa

Date: c. 1480-1510

Publication Date: c. 1480-1510

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Language: ara,fas

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Papyrus letter: a request

Date: 800-900 (undated)

Publication Date: 800-900 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

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Carnelian amulet carved with protective verses from the Qur'an

Date: 1700-1900

Publication Date: 1700-1900

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Language: Arabic

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Date: 800-1000

Publication Date: 800-1000

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Subul al-khayrāt, by Ibn al-Fallās al-Qurṭubī (d. 1031)

Date: 1495 (900H)

Publication Date: 1495 (900H)

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Language: Arabic

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Calligraphy album from Ottoman Istanbul

Date: 1733 (1146H)

Publication Date: 1733 (1146H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Hadith Traditions, collected by al-Kaḥḥāl (d. 1092)

Date: 1100-1200

Publication Date: 1100-1200

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Language: Arabic

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Toh Harthma Charging At Live Effect, From Manal That Arts Of Harsam (The End Of The Question And The Hope In The Sciences Of Equestrian Hope) By Al-Qasra

Date: 1366 (767H)

Publication Date: 1366 (767H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Juz' 9 and 10 of the Khayqani Qur'an

Date: c. 900

Publication Date: c. 900

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Language: Arabic

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Fatḥ al-muta`āl fī madḥ al-ni`āl, by al-Maqqarī (d. 1632)

Date: 1661 (1071H)

Publication Date: 1661 (1071H)

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Language: Arabic

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al-Kawākib al-durriyya and madḥ khayr al-bariyya, by al-Būṣīrī (d. 1294), combined with Takhmīs al-Burda, by al-Fayyūmī

Author: Cairo

Date: 1472-1473 (877H)

Publication Date: 1472-1473 (877H)

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Language: Arabic

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Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986)

Date: 1600-1650

Publication Date: 1600-1650

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Date: 800-1000 (undated)

Publication Date: 800-1000 (undated)

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Forty Traditions (Arba`ūn Ḥadīth), by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Date: 1558-1559 (966H)

Publication Date: 1558-1559 (966H)

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Language: ara,fas

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Date: 800-1000 (undated)

Publication Date: 800-1000 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

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Qur'an from Safavid Iran

Author: Iran

Date: 1567-1568 (975H)

Publication Date: 1567-1568 (975H)

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Language: Arabic

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Five works on Shi`i philosophy and law, by Mīr Dāmād (d. 1631) and others

Date: 1610 (1019H)

Publication Date: 1610 (1019H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Guide to Happiness (Dalā'il al-khayrāt) by Shaykh al-Jazūlī (d. 1465)

Author: Algeria

Date: 1638-1639 (1048H)

Publication Date: 1638-1639 (1048H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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al-Nashr fī al-qirā’āt al-`ashr, by Ibn al-Jazarī (d. 1429)

Date: 1500-1600

Publication Date: 1500-1600

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Book of prayers (An`ām Sharīf), including Qur'an selections and the Guide to Happiness (Dalā'il al-khayrāt) by al-Jazūlī (d. 1465)

Date: 1749 (1162H)

Publication Date: 1749 (1162H)

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Language: Arabic

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Jade amulet pendant

Date: 1600-1800

Publication Date: 1600-1800

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Ijtimā` al-shaml fī ṭarīq al-raml

Date: 1478-1479 (883H)

Publication Date: 1478-1479 (883H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Toh Hartham Righting There Links, From Manal That Arts Of Harsam Manshab (The End Of Science And Hope In The Sciences Of Equestrian Hope) By Al-Qasra

Date: 1366 (767H)

Publication Date: 1366 (767H)

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Language: Arabic

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The Greater Consideration (al-Ri`ayat al-Kubra), by Ibn Hamdan (d. 1295)

Date: 1306 (706H)

Publication Date: 1306 (706H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Taḥrīr al-Manqūl wa Tahdhīb al-Uṣūl, by `Alā' al-Dīn `Alī ibn Sulaymān al-Mardāwī (d. 1480)

Date: 1472 (876H)

Publication Date: 1472 (876H)

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Language: Arabic

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Arabic calligraphy in bird form: the bismillah

Date: 1834-1835 (1250H)

Publication Date: 1834-1835 (1250H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Papyrus letter and agricultural register: the wheat harvest

Date: 700-900 (undated)

Publication Date: 700-900 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

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Calligraphy in Arabic, Persian and Dakhni, folio from an album for Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah

Author: Golconda

Date: 1590-1605

Publication Date: 1590-1605

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Language: ara,dcc,fas

Type: Document

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Quran

Date: 1550-1600 (undated)

Publication Date: 1550-1600 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

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Armband (bāzūband) of three amulets

Date: 1700-1900

Publication Date: 1700-1900

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Juz' 7 of the Tarkān Khātun Qur'an

Date: c. 1175-1225

Publication Date: c. 1175-1225

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On the scholars and rulers of Yemen (al-Sulūk fī ṭabaqāt al-`ulamā' wa al-mulūk), volume 1, by Muḥammad ibn Ya`qūb al-Janadī (d. 1332)

Date: 1644 (1054H)

Publication Date: 1644 (1054H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Collection (majmū`) of 3 texts, by al-Tanūkhī (d. 1245) and Yaḥyā

Date: 1237 (634H)

Publication Date: 1237 (634H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Folios from a Hijazi Qur'an

Date: 675-725

Publication Date: 675-725

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Date: 800-1000 (undated)

Publication Date: 800-1000 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Papyrus pseudo-script, imitating a written letter

Date: 800-900 (undated)

Publication Date: 800-900 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Papyrus letter about finding a new tenant and selling a pearl in Fusṭāṭ, and a statement of accounts

Date: 800-900 (undated)

Publication Date: 800-900 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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al-Muqni` fī al-fiqh, by Ibn Qudāma (d. 1223)

Date: 1297 (696H)

Publication Date: 1297 (696H)

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Language: Arabic

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Description of the Prophet (Hilya al-nabi)

Author: Turkey

Date: 1800-1900

Publication Date: 1800-1900

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Forty-eight texts on philosophy, by Ibn Sīnā (d. 1037), Mīr Dāmād (d. 1630), Davvānī (d. 1501), Bābā Afẓal (d. 1213), Ghiyāth al-Dīn Manṣūr (d. 1541), others

Date: 1655-1673 (1066-1083H)

Publication Date: 1655-1673 (1066-1083H)

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Language: ara,fas

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Herthma Branding a Sword, From Manal That Arts of Harsmanshb (The End of Sciences and Hope in the Sciences of Equestrian Hope) by Al-Qasra

Date: 1366 (767H)

Publication Date: 1366 (767H)

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Language: Arabic

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Qur'an scroll

Date: 1400-1450

Publication Date: 1400-1450

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Here we go, from Manal to Arts of Hope (The end of science and hope in the sciences of equestrian hope) by Al-Qasra

Date: 1366 (767H)

Publication Date: 1366 (767H)

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Sources of histories ('Uyūn al-tawārīkh), by Ibn Shākir al-Kutubī (d. 1363)

Date: 1350-1400

Publication Date: 1350-1400

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Language: Arabic

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Forty Sayings of the Prophet (Chehel Hadith-i Rasul) by Mir `Ali Shir Nava'i

Author: Samarqand

Date: 1524 (930H)

Publication Date: 1524 (930H)

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Language: ara,tur

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Sharḥ al-Jāmi` al-ṣaghīr, by Ibn Makkī (d. 1202)

Date: c. 1270

Publication Date: c. 1270

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Solomon Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Firdausi of Bursa

Date: 1480-1510

Publication Date: 1480-1510

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Language: ara,fas

Type: Document

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Papyrus letters: work and taxation

Date: 800-1000 (undated)

Publication Date: 800-1000 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

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Epitome of Ibn al- Salah's work on Hadith (al-Iqtirah `ala `ulum al-hadith li Ibn al- Salah), by Ibn Jama`a

Author: Unknown

Date: 1449 (853H)

Publication Date: 1449 (853H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Papyrus bifolio from a Ḥadīth manuscript dated 267H (880-881)

Date: 880-881 (267H)

Publication Date: 880-881 (267H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Date: 800-1000 (undated)

Publication Date: 800-1000 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

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Harthma and when he saw the pictures, from Manal that the arts of keenness of the place (The end of the question and security in the sciences of the hope of horsemanship) in the palace

Date: 1366 (767H)

Publication Date: 1366 (767H)

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Language: Arabic

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On the principles of Islamic jurisprudence (Kitab fi usul al-fiqh)

Date: 1100-1200

Publication Date: 1100-1200

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Language: Arabic

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Album of Ottoman calligraphy

Author: Istanbul

Date: c. 1500-1520 (calligraphy), 1700-1800 (illumination)

Publication Date: c. 1500-1520 (calligraphy), 1700-1800 (illumination)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Counsels for Alexander (Nasayih Iskandar) by pseudo-Aristotle

Author: Herat

Date: 1425-1426 (829H)

Publication Date: 1425-1426 (829H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Five suras of the Qur'an

Date: 1250-1350

Publication Date: 1250-1350

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Language: Arabic

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Prayers for the week (Ad`iyat al-ayyām al-sab`a), copied by Yāqūt al-Musta`ṣimī (d. 1298)

Date: 1283 (682H)

Publication Date: 1283 (682H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Papyrus folios from a Ḥadīth manuscript dated 267H (880-881)

Date: 880-881 (267H)

Publication Date: 880-881 (267H)

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Language: Arabic

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Juz' 27 of the Qur'an

Author: Cairo

Date: 1332-1336

Publication Date: 1332-1336

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Language: Arabic

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Folios from an Ottoman Qur'an

Date: 1457-1458 (862H)

Publication Date: 1457-1458 (862H)

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Language: ara,fas

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Papyrus tax receipt and payment register

Date: 855-863 (241-249H)

Publication Date: 855-863 (241-249H)

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Language: Arabic

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Forty key points on the principles of religion (Lubab al-arba'in fi usul al-din), by Siraj al-Din al-Urmawi (d. 1283)

Author: Konya

Date: 1305 (704H)

Publication Date: 1305 (704H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Calligraphy in Arabic and Persian, folio from an album for Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah

Author: Iran

Date: 1555-1605

Publication Date: 1555-1605

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Language: Arabic

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Folios from a Hijazi Qur'an

Date: 675-725

Publication Date: 675-725

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Language: Arabic

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Evidences of Prophecy (Shavahid al-Nubuvva) by Thana'i

Date: 1554 (961H)

Publication Date: 1554 (961H)

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Qur'an scroll from Mamluk Cairo

Author: Cairo

Date: 1362-1366 (763-767H)

Publication Date: 1362-1366 (763-767H)

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Zubdat al-a`māl wa khulāṣat al-af`āl, by al-Isfarā'īnī

Date: 1382 (784H)

Publication Date: 1382 (784H)

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Language: Arabic

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Qur'an from North Africa

Date: 1600-1700

Publication Date: 1600-1700

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Language: Arabic

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Forty Traditions (Arba`ūn Ḥadīth), by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Date: 1543-1544 (950H)

Publication Date: 1543-1544 (950H)

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Language: ara,fas

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Here I am with a Burning Shield, from Manal that Arts of Harsam (The End of the Question and the Hope in the Sciences of Equestrian Hope) in Al-Qasra

Date: 1366 (767H)

Publication Date: 1366 (767H)

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Language: Arabic

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Ḥilyat al-abrār, by al-Nawawi (d. 1277)

Date: 1307 (706H)

Publication Date: 1307 (706H)

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Language: Arabic

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Ahnā al-manā’iḥ fī asnā al-madā’iḥ, by Maḥmūd ibn Salmān ibn Fahd (d. 1325)

Date: 1300-1350

Publication Date: 1300-1350

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Juz' 18 and 19 of the Khayqani Qur'an

Date: c. 900

Publication Date: c. 900

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Language: Arabic

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Juz' 30 of the Qur'an

Author: Tabriz

Date: 1328 (728H)

Publication Date: 1328 (728H)

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Love poetry by Ibn Sūdūn (d. 1464), and magic recipes

Date: 1500-1510 (undated)

Publication Date: 1500-1510 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

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Astrolabe

Author: Isfahan

Date: 1708-1709 (1120H)

Publication Date: 1708-1709 (1120H)

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Language: Arabic

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Hester F. Jidda (The Book of Jewels Performed in the History of Jidda), By Ahmad Al-Hadhru (d. 1909)

Author: Mecca

Date: 1871

Publication Date: 1871

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Language: Arabic

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Juz' 3 of the Qur'an, from Aqqoyunlu Shiraz

Date: 1483 (888H)

Publication Date: 1483 (888H)

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Language: Arabic

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One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) of `Alī ibn Abī Talib (d. 661)

Author: Shiraz

Date: 1460-1500

Publication Date: 1460-1500

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Ottoman book of prayers

Author: Istanbul

Date: 1798 (1212H)

Publication Date: 1798 (1212H)

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Language: ara,tur

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al-Fuṣūl al-ḥikmīya, by al-Fārābī (d. 950)

Date: 1304 (704H)

Publication Date: 1304 (704H)

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Qur'an from Timurid Herat

Date: c. 1430

Publication Date: c. 1430

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Language: Arabic

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Horseman with two shields and two swords, from Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihayat al-su'l wa al-umniya fi ta‘allum ‘amal al-furusiyya) by al-Aqsara'i

Date: 1366 (767H)

Publication Date: 1366 (767H)

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Language: Arabic

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Six papyrus fragments of letters, lists and other documents

Date: 700-900 (undated)

Publication Date: 700-900 (undated)

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Language: Arabic

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Qur'an from Seljuk Konya

Author: Konya

Date: 1278 (677H)

Publication Date: 1278 (677H)

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Language: Arabic

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Forty Traditions (Arba`ūn Ḥadīth), by Jāmī

Date: 1557 (964H)

Publication Date: 1557 (964H)

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Language: ara,fas

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On falconry (Kitab al-bayzara)

Date: c. 975

Publication Date: c. 975

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Language: Arabic

Type: Document

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Herthma Branding a Sword, From Manal That Arts of Harsmanshb (The End of Sciences and Hope in the Sciences of Equestrian Hope) by Al-Qasra

Date: 1366 (767H)

Publication Date: 1366 (767H)

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