Manuscript Library

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: late 14th century

Publication Date: late 14th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The Spy Zambur Brings Mahiya to the City of Tawariq", Folio from a Hamzanama (Book of Hamza)

Author: Attributed to Mah Muhammad (active 1570s)

Date: ca. 1570

Publication Date: ca. 1570

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Bookbinding with Animals in a Landscape

Date: mid-16th century

Publication Date: mid-16th century

Publication Place: Made in India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Princely Couple

Date: 1400–1405

Publication Date: 1400–1405

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, possibly Tabriz

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Funeral Procession", Folio 35r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Author: Farid al-Din `Attar (Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur)

Date: dated 892 AH/1486 CE

Publication Date: dated 892 AH/1486 CE

Publication Place: Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Animals (Deer?) Feeding Under Trees", Folio Fragment from a Dispersed Manuscript

Date: 11th–12th century

Publication Date: 11th–12th century

Publication Place: Found Egypt, Fustat

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pounced Drawing for Astrologer and Holy Men

Author: Attributed to Govardhan (active ca. 1596–1645)

Date: ca. 1630

Publication Date: ca. 1630

Publication Place: Made in India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Qur'an Manuscript with Lacquer Binding

Date: early 19th century

Publication Date: early 19th century

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Young Man and Woman in a Landscape

Date: first half 17th century

Publication Date: first half 17th century

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Author: Mir 'Ali Haravi (died ca. 1550)

Date: recto: ca. 1610; verso: ca. 1530–50

Publication Date: recto: ca. 1610; verso: ca. 1530–50

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Portrait of Sultan Mustafa I (r. 1617–18; 1622–23)

Date: late 17th–early 18th century

Publication Date: late 17th–early 18th century

Publication Place: Attributed to Turkey

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Isfandiyar's Fifth Course: He Slays the Simurgh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The Discredited Ascetic Being Paraded Through the Town on a Donkey", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna

Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Gujarat, probably based on an Egyptian original,

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Man's Fate or the Man Taking Refuge in a Well Inhabited by a Dragon", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna

Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Gujarat, probably based on an Egyptian original

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Lady at her Toilette with a Servant

Author: Haydar Ahmad

Date: 18th century

Publication Date: 18th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Rajasthan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Anthology of Persian Poetry

Date: 15th century

Publication Date: 15th century

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, Shiraz

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Asvatthama Fires the Narayana Weapon (Cosmic Fire) at the Pandavas", Folio from a Razmnama

Date: ca. 1616–17

Publication Date: ca. 1616–17

Publication Place: Attributed to India - 'Abd al-Rahim ibn Muhammad Bairam Khan Khan-i Khanan (Indian, Delhi 1556–1627 Agra)

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Date: mid-13th century

Publication Date: mid-13th century

Publication Place: Country of Origin Iraq

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Rustam Slays the White Elephant", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: late 19th–early 20th century

Publication Date: late 19th–early 20th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Kashmir

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: 14th century

Publication Date: 14th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India or Iran

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: late 11th–12th century

Publication Date: late 11th–12th century

Publication Place: Made in Eastern Islamic lands

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari

Author: Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari (Northern Mesopotamia 1136–1206 Northern Mesopotamia)

Date: dated 715 AH/1315 CE

Publication Date: dated 715 AH/1315 CE

Publication Place: Attributed to probably Syria or Iraq

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Page of Calligraphy from a Kalila wa Dimna

Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Gujarat, probably based on an Egyptian original

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"'Umar Walks around Fulad Castle, Meets a Foot Soldier and Kicks Him to the Ground", Folio from a Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)

Author: Attributed to Mah Muhammad (active 1570s)

Date: ca. 1570

Publication Date: ca. 1570

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: 14th century

Publication Date: 14th century

Publication Place: Attributed to Egypt or Syria

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Night Scene: Group Listening to Music", Folio from the Davis Album

Date: late 17th century

Publication Date: late 17th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Khwaja Umar Saved from Pursuers," Folio from the Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)

Author: Attributed in part to Kesu Das (Indian, active 1570–ca.1602)

Date: ca. 1565–70

Publication Date: ca. 1565–70

Publication Place: Country of Origin India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Nat Malhar: A Woman Splashing Water on Her Lover from the River

Date: late 16th century

Publication Date: late 16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Deccan, Probably Ahmadnagar

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble)

Author: Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami (Iranian, Jam 1414–92 Herat)

Date: 1485–90

Publication Date: 1485–90

Publication Place: Attributed to present-day Afghanistan, probably Herat

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: ca. 1180

Publication Date: ca. 1180

Publication Place: Attributed to Eastern Iran or present-day Afghanistan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Rustam Pained Before Kai Kavus", Folio 146r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1525–30

Publication Date: ca. 1525–30

Publication Place: Made in Iran, Tabriz

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Rama Receives Sugriva and Jambavat, the Monkey and Bear Kings", Folio from a Ramayana

Date: ca. 1605

Publication Date: ca. 1605

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Red-Headed Vulture and Long-Billed Vulture", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Author: Painting by Mansur (active ca. 1589–1626)

Date: verso: ca. 1615–20; recto: ca. 1535–45

Publication Date: verso: ca. 1615–20; recto: ca. 1535–45

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Folio from a Qur'an

Date: 9th century

Publication Date: 9th century

Publication Place: Country of Origin Iraq

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Nushirvan Eating Food Brought by the Sons of Mahbud", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: 1330s

Publication Date: 1330s

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, Tabriz

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Qur'an Juz' XXVI

Date: 17th–18th century

Publication Date: 17th–18th century

Publication Place: Country of Origin China

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Entertainment in a Garden", Folio from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, Matla' al-Anvar

Author: Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (Indian, Patiyali, 1253–1325 Delhi)

Date: second half 16th century

Publication Date: second half 16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, Shiraz

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Princesses Gather at a Fountain

Date: ca. 1770

Publication Date: ca. 1770

Publication Place: Made in India, Farrukhabad

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: 19th century

Publication Date: 19th century

Publication Place: Attributed to possibly Morocco

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Sultan ‘Ali ‘Adil Shah II Slays a Tiger

Author: Attributed to the Bombay Painter (probably Abdul Hamid Naqqash)

Date: ca. 1660

Publication Date: ca. 1660

Publication Place: Made in India, Deccan, Bijapur

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"A Fire-Worshipper Received at the Board of Abraham the Patriarch", Folio from a Bustan (Orchard) of Sa'di

Author: Sa'di (Iranian, Shiraz ca. 1213–1291 Shiraz)

Date: 17th century

Publication Date: 17th century

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A Gathering of Dervishes

Date: ca. 1605–10

Publication Date: ca. 1605–10

Publication Place: Country of Origin India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Rustam Lassos the Khaqan of Chin, Pulling him from his White Elephant", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Yogini in a Deccan Landscape

Author: Dublin painter

Date: early 17th century

Publication Date: early 17th century

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Rustam Avenges His Own Impending Death", Folio 472r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1525–30

Publication Date: ca. 1525–30

Publication Place: Made in Iran, Tabriz

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The Lioness Counsels her Son", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna

Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Gujarat, probably based on an Egyptian original

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The First Combat of Gav and Talhand", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Illuminated Frontispiece of a Manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Author: Farid al-Din `Attar (Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur)

Date: text: dated 892 AH/1487 CE; illumination: ca. 1600

Publication Date: text: dated 892 AH/1487 CE; illumination: ca. 1600

Publication Place: Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat. Made in Iran, Isfahan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Portrait of Zamana Baig, Mehbat Khan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Author: Painting by Manohar (active ca. 1582–1624)

Date: recto: ca. 1610; verso: ca. 1530–40

Publication Date: recto: ca. 1610; verso: ca. 1530–40

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Rustam Overpowers the King of Hamavaran", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: late 15th century

Publication Date: late 15th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 23v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Author: Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja)

Date: ca. 1430

Publication Date: ca. 1430

Publication Place: Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Mihran Sitad Chooses a Daughter of the Khaqan of Chin", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Portrait of a Muslim Saint

Date: late 17th century

Publication Date: late 17th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Deccan or Rajasthan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The Lion-King Recruits the Ascetic Jackal", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna

Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Gujarat, probably based on an Egyptian original

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Kai Khusrau Crosses the Sea", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1610

Publication Date: ca. 1610

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Deccan, Bijapur

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Prince seated in a garden with ladies

Author: Painting by Rahim Deccani

Date: Late 17th century

Publication Date: Late 17th century

Publication Place: Made in India, Deccan, Golconda

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"A Man Complained to Da'ud of a Sufi Mystic Drunk", Folio from a Kulliyat (Complete Works) of Sa'di

Date: 19th century

Publication Date: 19th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hizb (Litany) of An-Nawawi

Author: An-Nawawi (Syrian, Nawa 1233–1277 Nawa)

Date: dated 1152 AH/1739 CE

Publication Date: dated 1152 AH/1739 CE

Publication Place: Attributed to Turkey, Istanbul

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Author: Painted by Chitarman (Indian, active ca. 1627–70)

Date: recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50

Publication Date: recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Fish Illustration from a Cosmological Manuscript

Date: 18th century

Publication Date: 18th century

Publication Place: Country of Origin possibly Iran

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The Execution of Mazdak", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Two Camels Fighting

Date: late 16th–early 17th century

Publication Date: late 16th–early 17th century

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Iranian and Turanian Armies in Combat", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: dated 741 AH/1341 CE

Publication Date: dated 741 AH/1341 CE

Publication Place: Made in Iran, Shiraz - Commissioned by al-Hasan Qawam al-Daula wa'l-Din (Iranian, ca. 1303–1357 Shiraz)

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1525

Publication Date: ca. 1525

Publication Place: Made in Iran, Tabriz

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Conquering the Qamus Fort," Folio from a Hamla-yi Haidari (Attack of the Lion)

Date: 19th century

Publication Date: 19th century

Publication Place: Made in Iran

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Devil's Trumpet / Fastuous Datura

Date: late 18th century

Publication Date: late 18th century

Publication Place: Made in India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Page of Calligraphy from a Kalila wa Dimna

Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Gujarat, probably based on an Egyptian original

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: ca. 1180

Publication Date: ca. 1180

Publication Place: Attributed to Eastern Iran or present-day Afghanistan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Portrait of Mulla Muhammad Khan Vali of Bijapur", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Author: Painting by Hashim (Indian, active ca. 1620–60)

Date: recto: ca. 1620; verso: 1537–47

Publication Date: recto: ca. 1620; verso: 1537–47

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Folio in Maghribi Script

Date: 18th–19th century

Publication Date: 18th–19th century

Publication Place: From North Africa

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Author: Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari (Northern Mesopotamia 1136–1206 Northern Mesopotamia)

Date: dated 715 AH/1315 CE

Publication Date: dated 715 AH/1315 CE

Publication Place: Attributed to probably Syria or Iraq

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Drawing of the Head of a Simurgh

Date: 14th century

Publication Date: 14th century

Publication Place: Attributed to Egypt

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Firdausi's Parable of the Ship of Shi'ism", Folio 18v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1530–35

Publication Date: ca. 1530–35

Publication Place: Made in Iran, Tabriz

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Page of Calligraphy from a Kalila wa Dimna

Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Gujarat, probably based on an Egyptian original

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Portrait of a Prince (Shah Jahan ?)", Folio from the Davis Album

Date: mid-17th century

Publication Date: mid-17th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Physician Preparing an Elixir", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Author: 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl , Baghdad

Date: dated 621 AH/1224 CE

Publication Date: dated 621 AH/1224 CE

Publication Place: Attributed to Iraq or Northern Jazira, possibly Baghdad

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Author: Muhammad al-Zanjani (Iranian)

Date: dated 531 AH/1137 CE

Publication Date: dated 531 AH/1137 CE

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Youth and Dervish

Date: second quarter 17th century

Publication Date: second quarter 17th century

Publication Place: Made in Iran, Isfahan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Author: Farid al-Din `Attar (Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur)

Date: dated 892 AH/1486 CE

Publication Date: dated 892 AH/1486 CE

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, Isfahan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Caesar Makes a Talisman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Date: ca. 1330–40

Publication Place: Made in Iran, probably Isfahan

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Papyrus Fragment

Date: 8th–9th century

Publication Date: 8th–9th century

Publication Place: Made in Egypt

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The Cuckold Carpenter Under the Bed of his Wife and her Lover", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna

Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Gujarat, probably based on an Egyptian original

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Sultan Listening to a Man Reading from a Manuscript", Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

Author: Attributed to Mir Ali Shir Nava'i (present-day Afghanistan, Herat 1441–1501 Herat)

Date: early 16th century

Publication Date: early 16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to present-day Uzbekistan, Bukhara

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The Servants of One of the Monarchs of Ghur Make Obeisance Before Him", Folio from a Kulliyat (Complete Works) of Sa'di

Date: 19th century

Publication Date: 19th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Shaikh Mahneh and the Villager", Folio 49r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Author: Farid al-Din `Attar (Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur)

Date: 1487

Publication Date: 1487

Publication Place: Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Battle between Alexander and Darius", Folio 279 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Author: Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja)

Date: dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE

Publication Date: dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE

Publication Place: Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The Great Abu Sa'ud Teaching Law", Folio from a Divan of Mahmud `Abd-al Baqi

Author: Mahmud 'Abd-al Baqi (1526–1600)

Date: mid-16th century

Publication Date: mid-16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to Iraq, Baghdad

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Page of Calligraphy from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1610

Publication Date: ca. 1610

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Deccan, Bijapur

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The Father's Advice Followed by a Son who Sets out to Join a Caravan with the Two Oxen", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna

Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Date: second quarter 16th century

Publication Place: Attributed to India, Gujarat, probably based on an Egyptian original

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water", Folio 44r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Author: Farid al-Din `Attar (Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur)

Date: dated 892 AH/1487 CE

Publication Date: dated 892 AH/1487 CE

Publication Place: Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Rustam Slays Isfandiyar", Folio 466r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1525–30

Publication Date: ca. 1525–30

Publication Place: Made in Iran, Tabriz

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Two Pigeons

Date: ca. 1650

Publication Date: ca. 1650

Publication Place: Country of Origin India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Portrait of Rup Singh", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Author: Painting by Govardhan (active ca. 1596–1645)

Date: verso: ca. 1615–20; recto: ca. 1500

Publication Date: verso: ca. 1615–20; recto: ca. 1500

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Calligram in the Shape of a Sufi Cap

Date: late 19th–early 20th century

Publication Date: late 19th–early 20th century

Publication Place: Attributed to Turkey, Istanbul

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"The Tenth Joust of the Rooks: Barta versus Kuhram," Folio 345r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1525–30

Publication Date: ca. 1525–30

Publication Place: Made in Iran, Tabriz

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Kai Khusrau Rides Bihzad for the First Time", Folio 212r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: ca. 1525–30

Publication Date: ca. 1525–30

Publication Place: Made in Iran, Tabriz

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Author: Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja)

Date: dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE

Publication Date: dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE

Publication Place: Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Miniature Qur'an and Qur'an Case

Author: Muhammad Al-Qari (died 1605, Herat, present-day Afghanistan)

Date: dated 963 AH/1555 CE

Publication Date: dated 963 AH/1555 CE

Publication Place: Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Groom and Rider

Date: 1540–50

Publication Date: 1540–50

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, Tabriz

Subject: Islamic Art

Language: Undetermined

Type: Book

Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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