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'The Dervish from Faryab Crosses the River on his Rug'

Author: Attributed to Habiballah

Date: c. AH 1008-1016 / AD 1600-1608

Publication Date: c. AH 1008-1016 / AD 1600-1608

Publication Place: Isfahan (Iran)

Subject: Safavids — Pigments

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

'A Giant Fish Rescues Abu Ubayda and his Men from Dying of Starvation'

Date: c. AH 829 / AD 1425

Publication Date: c. AH 829 / AD 1425

Publication Place: Herat

Subject: Timurids — Pigments

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar of Jajarmi

Author: Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din JajarmiIran1340s

Date: AH 741 / AD 1341

Publication Date: AH 741 / AD 1341

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, Isfahan

Subject: Ilkhanids — Ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"Khusrau Catches Sight of Shirin Bathing"

Author: Shaikh ZadaAH 916-957 / AD 1510-1550

Date: AH 931 / AD 1524–25

Publication Date: AH 931 / AD 1524–25

Publication Place: Herat

Subject: Safavids — Ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks"

Author: Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari1136, Northern Mesopotamia - 1206, Northern Mesopotamia

Date: AH 715 / AD 1315

Publication Date: AH 715 / AD 1315

Publication Place: Syria or Iraq

Subject: Artuqids — Ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"The Beaker Water Clock" from al-Jazari's "Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices"

Date: AH Safar 755 / AD February 1354

Publication Date: AH Safar 755 / AD February 1354

Publication Place: Probably Cairo

Subject: Mamluks — Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"Amr has the Infidels Thrown into the Sea"

Author: Maulana Muhammad Ibn Husam ad DinIran - 1470, Iran

Date: AH ca. 881-891 / AD ca. 1476–86

Publication Date: AH ca. 881-891 / AD ca. 1476–86

Publication Place: Shiraz

Subject: Aq Qoyunlus — Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

The Ka'ba in Mecca

Author: Artist: Émile Prisse d'Avennes1807 - 1879

Date: 1858–1859

Publication Date: 1858–1859

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

The Italian woman poet and peace activist of Armenian descent Vittoria Aganoor Pompilj (1855–1910), and a signed copy of her poem 'Peace'

Date: 3 September 1906

Publication Date: 3 September 1906

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"Alexander Fights a Sea Battle"

Author: Dharmadas

Date: AH 1005-6 / AD 1597-8

Publication Date: AH 1005-6 / AD 1597-8

Publication Place: India

Subject: Mughals — Main support: Ink, opaque watercolour, gold on paper Margins: Gold on dyed paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

Laylā visits Majnūn in the Wilderness

Date: Hegira c. 1070 / AD c. 1660

Publication Date: Hegira c. 1070 / AD c. 1660

Publication Place: India

Subject: Mughal — Ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"Elias and Khizr at the Fountain of Life"

Author: Cora Timken Burnett, Alpine, NJ

Date: Late 9th century AH / Late 15th century AD

Publication Date: Late 9th century AH / Late 15th century AD

Publication Place: Iran

Subject: Ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

'The Funeral of Isfandiyar'

Date: AH c. 730 / AD c. 1330

Publication Date: AH c. 730 / AD c. 1330

Subject:

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

A folio from the Maqamat al-Hariri representing Jendoul (folio 61r)

Author: Yahya Ibn Mahmoud Al-Waseet

Date: AH 634 / AD 1236-1237

Publication Date: AH 634 / AD 1236-1237

Publication Place: Probably Baghdad

Subject: Abbassids — Parchment, watercolours; calligraphy, miniature painting.

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"The Castle Water Clock," from the Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Author: Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Izmiri

Date: AH 715 / AD 1315

Publication Date: AH 715 / AD 1315

Publication Place: Eastern turkey or Syria

Subject: Mamluks — Ink, watercolor and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

'Mihr in a Bath House in Khwarazm'

Date: c. AH 947-957 / AD 1540-1550

Publication Date: c. AH 947-957 / AD 1540-1550

Publication Place: Shiraz (Iran)

Subject: Pigments

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"The Castle Water Clock" from al-Jazari's "Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices"

Date: AH Safar 755 / AD February 1354

Publication Date: AH Safar 755 / AD February 1354

Publication Place: Probably Cairo

Subject: Mamluks — Ink, watercolour and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

A Sinner’s Plea to God

Author: ascribed to Hiranandearly 17th century AD

Date: AH ca. 1012 / AD ca. 1604

Publication Date: AH ca. 1012 / AD ca. 1604

Publication Place: Agra, India

Subject: Mughals — opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

Calligraphic Galleon

Author: 'Abd al-Qadir HisariTurkey

Date: AH 1180 / AD 1766–67

Publication Date: AH 1180 / AD 1766–67

Publication Place: Turkey

Subject: Ottomans — Ink and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

'Funeral Procession'

Date: AH 892 / AD 1486

Publication Date: AH 892 / AD 1486

Publication Place: Present-day Afghanistan, Herat

Subject: Opaque watercolour, silver, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"Firdausi's Parable of the Ship of Shi'ism"

Author: Attributed to Mirza 'Alica. 1525–75

Date: AH ca. 937-42 / AD ca. 1530-35

Publication Date: AH ca. 937-42 / AD ca. 1530-35

Publication Place: Tabriz

Subject: Safavids — Opaque watercolour, ink, silver, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"Man's Fate or the Man Taking Refuge in a Well Inhabited by a Dragon"

Author: [Art market, India, until 1969]; Nasli M. Heeramaneck, New York (until 1971); Alice N. Heeramaneck, New York (until 1982)

Date: AH second quarter of the 10th century / AD second quarter 16th century

Publication Date: AH second quarter of the 10th century / AD second quarter 16th century

Publication Place: Gujarat

Subject: Muzaffarids — Ink and opaque watercolour on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"Jonah and the Whale"

Author: [Armenag Bey Sakisian, Paris, until 1933]

Date: AH 800s / AD 1400s

Publication Date: AH 800s / AD 1400s

Publication Place: Iran

Subject: Timurids — Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

'The Paths of Paradise'

Date: c. AH 860 / AD 1465

Publication Date: c. AH 860 / AD 1465

Publication Place: Herat

Subject: Timurids — Pigments

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"Alexander is Lowered into the Sea"

Author: Mukunda

Date: AH 1006-7 / AD 1597–8

Publication Date: AH 1006-7 / AD 1597–8

Publication Place: India

Subject: Mughals — Main support: Ink, watercolour, gold on paper Margins: Gold on dyed paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"The Clever Hare with the King of the Elephants at the Spring of the Moon"

Author: [Art market, India, until 1969]; Nasli M. Heeramaneck, New York (until 1971); Alice N. Heeramaneck, New York (until 1982)

Date: AH second quarter of the 10th century / AD second quarter 16th century

Publication Date: AH second quarter of the 10th century / AD second quarter 16th century

Publication Place: Gujarat

Subject: Muzaffarids (Gujarat Sultanate) — Ink and opaque watercolour on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"The Story of the Princess of the Blue Pavillion: The Youth of Rum Is Entertained in a Garden by a Fairy and her Maidens"

Author: Muhammad Husain KashmiriIndiaca. 1560–1611

Date: AH 1006-7 / AD 1597-8

Publication Date: AH 1006-7 / AD 1597-8

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Mughals — Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"How Rustam Found a Spring"

Author: Textile Museum, Washington (until 1969)

Date: AH ca.700-730 / AD ca. 1300 - 1330

Publication Date: AH ca.700-730 / AD ca. 1300 - 1330

Publication Place: Attributed to Northwestern Iran or Baghdad

Subject: Ink, opaque watercolour, silver, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

The Traveller Gives Water to the Dog

Date: AH ca. 1012 / AD ca. 1604

Publication Date: AH ca. 1012 / AD ca. 1604

Publication Place: Agra, India

Subject: Mughals — opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

Hilye

Author: Thank you very much; Where the paper of S. Kartafd B Al-Hajj, the memorization of Muhammad Al-Wahbi, according to Khalil Al-Safi

Date: Hegira 1295 / AD 1878

Publication Date: Hegira 1295 / AD 1878

Publication Place: Ottoman Turkey

Subject: Black ink, pigments, gilding on board; ebru (marbling)

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"Alexander and the Circle of Seven Sages"

Date: 9th century AH / 15th Century AD

Publication Date: 9th century AH / 15th Century AD

Publication Place: Iran

Subject: Timurids — Ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

Dhu’l-Nun Prays for Rain for the Egyptians

Date: AH ca. 1012 / AD ca. 1604

Publication Date: AH ca. 1012 / AD ca. 1604

Publication Place: Agra, India

Subject: Mughals — opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"The Concourse of the Birds"

Author: Habiballah of SavaIranca. 1590–1610

Date: AH ca. 1000 / AD ca. 1600

Publication Date: AH ca. 1000 / AD ca. 1600

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran, Isfahan

Subject: Safavids — Ink, opaque watercolour, gold, and silver on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"The Hare, the Lion, and the Well"

Author: [Art market, India, until 1969]; Nasli M. Heeramaneck, New York (until 1971); Alice N. Heeramaneck, New York (until 1982)

Date: AH second quarter of the 10th century / AD second quarter 16th century

Publication Date: AH second quarter of the 10th century / AD second quarter 16th century

Publication Place: Gujarat

Subject: Muzaffarids — Ink and opaque watercolour on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music"

Author: Attributed to Miskinca. 1570–1604

Date: AH 1006-7 / AD 1597-8

Publication Date: AH 1006-7 / AD 1597-8

Publication Place: Attributed to India

Subject: Mughals — Main support: ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper; Margins: gold on dyed paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"The Eavesdropper"

Author: Maulana AzharAH 879-80 / AD 1475-76

Date: AH ca. 833 / AD ca. 1430

Publication Date: AH ca. 833 / AD ca. 1430

Publication Place: Herat

Subject: Timurids — Ink, opaque watercolour, silver, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"How a Braggart was Drowned in a Well"

Author: Maulana AzharAH 880/1 / AD 1475/6

Date: ca. AH 834 / AD 1430

Publication Date: ca. AH 834 / AD 1430

Publication Place: Herat

Subject: Timurids — Ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

Had Aurangof Jami

Date: AH c. 977 / AD c. 1570

Publication Date: AH c. 977 / AD c. 1570

Publication Place: Attributed to Iran

Subject: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers

"Device for Raising Water" from al-Jazari's "Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices"

Date: Ah Safar 755 / AD February 1354

Publication Date: Ah Safar 755 / AD February 1354

Publication Place: Probably Cairo

Subject: Mamluks — Opaque watercolour and ink on paper

Language: Undetermined

Type: Picture

Library: Museum With No Frontiers