Works on Paper from the Islamic and Near Eastern Worlds

ƟKitab al-Ilam ba Ilam Beit Allah Al-Haram … (A History of Mecca and the History of the construction of the Haram al-Sharif), in Arabic, illuminat...

An illuminated Hajj Scroll presented to a woman named Fatemeh bint Abdullah Al-Hussaynieh, depicting Mecca and Medina, in Arabic, illuminated manu...

Rustam Fighting Afrasiyab, with soldiers watching on from the hillside, leaf from a Shahnameh, in Ottoman Turkish, illuminated manuscript on paper...

A Sultan in conversation with his Courtiers, Ottoman miniature on paper [Ottoman Turkey, probably c. 1600] single leaf, gouache and ink on paper, ...

Ɵ  A Fine Ottoman Qur'an, signed by Darwish Ibrahim Tahir Mustafa, a Student of Mawlana Muhammad Rasim, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper...

A Collection of 5 Calligraphic Panels, in Arabic, illuminated manuscripts on paper [Ottoman Turkey, first half of nineteenth century] 5 loose leav...

ƟA fine Ottoman Qur'an, by the scribe Ozman Zadeh Mustafa bin Muhammad, copied on only 17 leaves, in miniature Arabic script, illuminated manuscri...

Rostam with his Courtiers, scene from an illustrated Shahnameh, Persian miniature on paper [Timurid Persia, late fourteenth or very early fifteent...

An enthroned Zal and Rudabeh being entertained by palace courtiers and attendants, leaf from a Shahnameh, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on poli...

The Shah consulting a Mulla, leaf from a Shahnameh, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [Safavid Persia (probably Shiraz), last decades of si...

A seated Mulla in conversation with a youth, leaf from a Shahnameh, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [probably Shiraz, Safavid P...

Portrait of a standing Courtier, from a fine Safavid album, Persian miniature on polished paper [Early Safavid Persia (possibly Qazvin), mid-late ...

ƟAn Impressive Persian Bookbinding, once used for a Qur'an [Safavid Persia, (probably Tabriz or Shiraz), early sixteenth century] a complete leath...

Nur ad-Din Abd'ul Rahman Jami, Yusuf wa Zulaikha, three bifolia with miniatures from a dispersed codex, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript leaves on...

ƟMullah Muhammad Baqir Majlisi, Kitab Zad al-Ma'ad (Provisions for the Hereafter, a devotional text of the Shi'ite tradition), in Arabic with some...

A Calligraphic panel, attributed to Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, in Farsi, on paper [Qajar Persia (probably Isfahan), dated Saturday, 25th Safar 13...

Rostam and his Courtiers, and possibly Rostam killing Isfandyar, two scenes on one leaf from an illustrated Shahnameh, Persian miniature on paper,...

Rostam in conversation with a Prince, scene from an illustrated Shahnameh, Persian miniature on paper [Timurid Persia, late fourteenth or very ear...

Rostam fighting the White Demon, with a second miniature on the reverse of Rostam with a Prince and Courtiers, scenes from an illustrated Shahname...

A Monumental Indian Qur'an, mounted on one sheet of linen, in Arabic, single vast illuminated manuscript on paper [Northern India, possibly Delhi,...

A full-page Safavid-style illustration, Indian miniature on paper [India (Deccan), c.1700] single leaf, ink and gouache on paper, depicting a lady...