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Parchment folio from the Prophet's biography

Date: 800-1000

Publication Date: 800-1000

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Preparing the palace feast, from the Garden (Bustān), by Sa`di

Author: Bukhara

Date: c. 1570 (manuscript folio), c. 1616 (painting)

Publication Date: c. 1570 (manuscript folio), c. 1616 (painting)

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Portraits of a man in profile (above), and a man in three-quarter face (below), from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Book of parts and properties (Kitab al-aqsam wa'l-khisal), by al-Khaffaf (d. c. 950)

Date: 1262 (660H)

Publication Date: 1262 (660H)

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Horsemen hunting, from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-abrār) by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Date: c. 1560-1570

Publication Date: c. 1560-1570

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Red hibiscus

Date: 1760-1770

Publication Date: 1760-1770

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Seated young man offering fruit and wine

Date: 1600-1625

Publication Date: 1600-1625

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of a man seated with a sword, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Women on a palace terrace with a panoramic view

Date: 1770

Publication Date: 1770

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Begum Samru and her household

Author: Delhi

Date: 1820-1825

Publication Date: 1820-1825

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of Shaykh Murtaza Mufti, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Book-stand (rahl)

Date: c. 1900

Publication Date: c. 1900

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

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

Author: Golconda

Date: 1584-1605

Publication Date: 1584-1605

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Two Folios from a Mamluk Qur'an

Date: 1360-1380

Publication Date: 1360-1380

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Prince at a hunting encampment

Date: Painting 1650-1660, album 1750-1800

Publication Date: Painting 1650-1660, album 1750-1800

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Women playing on a rock slide

Author: Lucknow

Date: c. 1760

Publication Date: c. 1760

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Young man seated with a book (recto), and young man playing a tar (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Date: c. 1620

Publication Date: c. 1620

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Folios from a Book of Constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita)

Date: 1650-1700

Publication Date: 1650-1700

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of a young man, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of a man, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of a man sitting with hands folded, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Begum Samru and her army

Date: 1805-1826

Publication Date: 1805-1826

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Boys climbing a tree, standing figures and a chained lion (recto), drinking party and standing figures (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Date: c. 1620

Publication Date: c. 1620

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of emperor Jahangir with a straight sword, from an unidentified album

Date: 1620

Publication Date: 1620

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Young man in Ottoman dress (recto), and prince in a garden pavilion (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Date: c. 1620

Publication Date: c. 1620

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of an older man, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Rustam kills the dragon, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Date: c. 1450

Publication Date: c. 1450

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of a seated man holding a rosary (tasbih), from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Registration of Pakhes son of Paapis as a priest

Date: 142 BC

Publication Date: 142 BC

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Introductory Medallion (issue), from Bal'ami's History (Tarikh-i Bal'ami)

Date: 1470 (874H)

Publication Date: 1470 (874H)

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of a young man sitting cross-legged, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Pair of doors

Date: 1400-1450 (ivory inlay), 1900-1930 (door panel)

Publication Date: 1400-1450 (ivory inlay), 1900-1930 (door panel)

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Woman nursing a child

Date: 1775

Publication Date: 1775

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Opening folio from a Qur'an

Date: c. 1305

Publication Date: c. 1305

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Opening folio from a Qur'an

Date: c. 1305

Publication Date: c. 1305

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of a Safavid official

Date: 1650-1700

Publication Date: 1650-1700

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Chinese lion and kylin combat

Date: 1650-1700

Publication Date: 1650-1700

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Illuminated folio, probably from a Qur'an

Date: c. 800-900

Publication Date: c. 800-900

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of a bearded man, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of a young man holding a rosary (tasbih), from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of a young man sitting cross-legged, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait heads of a turbanned man (above), and a woman with an earring (below), from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of a seated man, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty

Demotic fragment

Date: Unknown

Publication Date: Unknown

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Amulet case

Date: 1750-1850

Publication Date: 1750-1850

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Document

Library: Chester Beatty

Portrait of a woman, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Date: 1850-1858

Publication Date: 1850-1858

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Chester Beatty