A Qur'an leaf written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th CenturyArabic manuscript on vellum, 7 lines to the page written in ...

A large Qur'an leaf probably Yemen, circa 1300-1350Arabic manuscript on paper, 13 lines to the page written in thuluth, naskhi and muhaqqaq, the f...

A Qur'an leaf in gold and black muhaqqaq script Persia, probably Shiraz, mid-16th CenturyArabic manuscript on cream-coloured paper, 12 lines to th...

A large illuminated Qur'an in a floral lacquer binding, the text ending with sura LXXXV, al-Buruj, The Constellations Provincial Persia, early 16t...

Three illustrated leaves from a manuscript of al-Qazwini's Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mujudat (The Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Exi...

A calligraphic composition in nasta'liq script Persia, 19th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, the central panel consisting of siyah mashq in lar...

An illuminated miniature octagonal Qur'an with the later embossed name of the owner, Ahmad Dhu'l Kifl Ottoman, provincial, dated AH 1052/AD 1642-4...

Sa'di, Gulistan Ottoman Turkey, Constantinople, dated AH 955/AD 1548-49Persian manuscript on paper, 123 leaves, 11 lines to the page written in na...

Al-Sahifa al-Kamila, a collection of prayers including seven prayers to be recited according to the days of the week Persia, late Safavid, late 17...

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Two illustrated leaves from a manuscript of Jami's Haft Awrang, depicting scenes from Yusuf va Zulaykha North India or Kashmir, late 18th CenturyP...

A large illuminated Qur'an North India, 19th Century and laterArabic manuscript on paper, 425 leaves, 10 lines to the page written in large and cl...

Two leaves from a dispersed manuscript of al-Qazwini's Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mujudat (The Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existen...

Two calligraphic compositions, each comprising verses from the Qur'an, written in bold naskhi script India, 19th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper...

Muhya al-Din Lari (d. 1526), Kitab Futuh al-Haramayn, a guide in Persian verse for pilgrims on the Hajj, illustrating the stations of the pilgrima...

Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa shawariq al-anwar, including other prayers, with two diagrams of the holy sancturaries at Mecca and Medina Kashmi...

An illuminated Genealogical Scroll tracing various Muslim dynasties to the Prophet Muhammad, his family, companions and Imams, copied by Haji Isma...

An illuminated Qur'an copied by Isma'il bin 'Umar Qalbawi Ottoman, provincial, dated AH 1171/AD 1757-58Arabic manuscript on paper, 307 leaves, 15 ...

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibrahim Saidawi[?], a pupil of 'Ali al-Wasfi al-Istanbuli Ottoman, provincial, dated AH 1254/AD 1838-39Arabic man...

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibrahim Adham Khulusi bin Ahmad Rashid, a pupil of Khalil Shukri al-Barusi, known as Khawaja, at the library of a...

An illuminated Qur'an copied by 'Uthman Sa'di, a pupil of Khalil Safi Ottoman, provincial, AH 1297/AD 1879-80Arabic manuscript on paper, 303 leave...

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibrahim al-Zakai, a pupil of 'Ali al-Zuhdi Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1279/AD 1862-63Arabic manuscript on paper, 29...

An anthology of religious and literary texts Ottoman Turkey, mid-18th CenturyArabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscript on European watermarked paper, ...

Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa shawariq al-anwar, copied by Ibrahim al-Bursavi, with one illustration of al-Raudah al-Mubarakah Ottoman Turkey, ...

Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa shawariq al-anwar, copied by Hajji Abu Bakr Rachid, a pupil of Hajji Muhammad al-Rushdi, with two illustrations o...

Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa shawariq al-anwar, prayers, with two illustrations of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina Ottoman Turkey, 19th Ce...

A book of collected prayers and religious poems, including Al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat, with two illuminated illustrations of the holy sanctuar...

A lithographed copy of Al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat, with illustrations of a stylised tree bearing the 99 Names of God, and of the holy cities o...

Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa shawariq al-anwar, prayers, with two stylised diagrams of the holy sites North Africa, dated 19th Shawwal 1309/17...

Ibrahim Hakki, Ma'rifatnameh, an encyclopaedia of cosmological subjects, copied by Dervish Muhammad bin 'Ali al-Erzurumi Ottoman Turkey, probabl...

A Sufi genealogy of the al-Qadiri order, in scroll form, copied by Shaykh Suleyman al-Qadiri, for Ahmed Semim al-Qadiri Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1...

A standing youth, holding a wine cup, signed by Muhammad Zarif Ottoman Turkey, 18th Centurypencil with some colour on paper, laid down on an album...

A large calligraphic composition comprising four panels in thuluth script, copied by 'Abd al-Hamid Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1313/AD 1895-96Arabic ...

A hilyeh (the attributes of the Prophet), signed by the scribe Muhammad Turkey, dated AH 1390/AD 1970-71Arabic manuscript on paper, the text compr...

An illuminated Qur'an, with numerous prayers including the Falnama, in a lacquer binding signed by Isma'il and dated AH 1293/AD 1876-77 Persia, 18...

A small illuminated Qur'an copied by Abdullah bin 'Ashur Qajar Persia, dated AH 1235/AD 1819-20Arabic manuscript on paper, 173 leaves, 21 lines to...

An illuminated Qur'an Qajar Persia, 19th CenturyArabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 332 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in naskhi script ...

A small illuminated Qur'an, commissioned for Hasan 'Ali Beg and copied by Muhammad Sadiq Qajar Persia, dated AH 1217/ AD 1802-03Arabic manuscript ...

Safar-nameh-ye Makka (Travel Account of Mecca), a Persian translation of Mir'at al-Haramayn, on Mecca, translated from Turkish by Mirza 'Abd al-R...

A talismanic chart written in ghubari script on vellum, commissioned by Hajji Husain Aqa Qajar Persia, late 19th CenturyArabic manuscript on thin ...

An album page of calligraphic practice writing (siyah mashq) in profuse nasta'liq script Persia, 17th-18th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, clo...

A youth and a maiden in an erotic embrace Persia, 18th Centurygouache and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with coloured borders painting...

An album page of calligraphic practice writing (siyah mashq) in profuse nasta'liq script Persia, 17th-18th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, clo...

An Umayyad Gold Dinar from the reign of 'Abd al-Malik (AD 685-705) probably Damascus, dated AH 77/AD 696-697with three lines of inscription in kuf...

An Umayyad silver dirham from the reign of 'Abd al-Malik (AD 685-705) Irminiya (Armenia), dated AH 81/ AD 700-701with four lines of inscription in...

Three Umayyad gold dinars from the reigns of 'Abd al-Malik (AD 685-705) and Hisham (AD 724-743) Probably Damascus, dated AH 82/ AD 701-702, AH 83/...

An Umayyad gold half-Dinar from the reign of Umar II (AD 717-720) probably Damascus, dated AH 100/ AD 718-719with three lines of inscription in ku...

Two Umayyad silver dirhams from the reign of Hisham (AD 724-743) Cordoba, Andalusia, dated AH 108/ AD 726-727 and AH 119/ AD 737-738each with four...

An Umayyad gold dinar from the reign of Yazid II (AD 720-724) Ifriqiya (probably Qaryawan, Tunisia), Dated AH 102/ AD 720-721with three lines of i...

An Umayyad gold dinar from the reign of Marwan II (AD 744-750) probably Damascus, dated AH 132/ AD 749-750with three lines of inscription in kufic...

An Abbasid gold dinar from the reign of Harun al-Rashid (AD 786-809) Baghdad, dated AH 171/ AD 787-788with three lines of inscription in kufic sur...

An Ikhshidid gold dinar from the reign of Ahmad (AD 968-969) and a Fatimid gold dinar from the reign of al-Mustansir Billah (AD 1036-1094) Filast...

A Fatimid gold dinar from the reign of al-'Aziz (AD 975-996) Filastin (almost certainly Ramla, Israel), dated AH 380/ AD 990-991with two lines of ...

A Fatimid gold dinar from the reign of al-Mustansir (AD 1036-1094) Damascus, dated AH 435/ AD 1043-1044with five lines of inscription in kufic sur...

An Abbasid gold dinar from the reign of Al-Mustazhir (AD 1094-1118) Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad), dated AH 493/ AD 1099-1100with five lines of inscr...

A Ghurid gold dinar from the reign of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad (AD 1173-1206) Ghazni, dated AH 598/ AD 1201-1202with square cartouche filled with in...

A pair of Almohad gold dinar mules of Muhammad al-Nasir (AD 1199-1213) and Abu-Hafs 'Umar al-Murtada (AD 1248-1266) North Africa, 13th Centuryeach...

A Rum Seljuk gold dinar from the reign of Ghiyath al-din Kay-khusraw II (AD 1237-1246) Qunya (Konya), dated AH 635/ AD 1237-1238with two lines of ...

A Hafsid gold dinar from the reign of Abul al-Abbas Ahmad II (AD 1370-1394) Qafsa, Tunisia, 14th Centurywith central square cartouche filled with ...

A Mongol gold dinar of a type struck during the reign of Genghis Khan (AD 1206-1227) and posthumously Dihistan, dated AH 639/ AD 1241-1242with fou...