A portrait of a prince, perhaps Sri Raja Singh Maharaj, Mewar or Bikaner, with gold halo, holding a straight sword, cursive inscription in Nagari ...

A illuminated painting depicting the Kaaba to the centre, surrounded by Quran text.Origin: OttomanPeriod: 19th centurySizes: 77.00 cm. H x 53.00 c...

Single leaf, text panel at the top with the blessing in a single line of black muhaqqaq, then a circular text-block with 10 lines black naskh, 4 c...

Shama'il nama "Hilyeh"Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the Arabic text in gold within illuminated panels in three columns, Persian t...

An Islamic painting on paperThree large panels depicting AL Kabaa, Al-Masjid an-Nabaw? and other different mosques and holy places in the islamic ...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, ruled in black border, depicting "the Holy Kaaba " in Mecca surrounded by houses.Origin: IndiaPeriod: 19th ...

An illuminated calligrapher's diploma (ijazet), signed by Husain Rashid Effendi, and witnessed by Ibrahim Salem, Mustafa Rasekh and Muhammad Zuhni...

A Hilya written with the description of prophet Muhammed in white ink on blue paper by Muhammed Ghiyath al Din al Kilaani. 1419 AH.Origin: OttmanP...

Scripted by Gold and Red (Rawia Shreffah). With the large gold tughra of Abdul Hamid Mahmud Khan.Origin: OttomanPeriod: 19th centurySizes: 160.00 ...

A Quran text.Origin: North-AfricaPeriod: 18th centurySizes: 18.50 cm. H x 13.00 cm. W7.28 in. H x 5.12 in. W

The gilt and pierced leaf with applied calligraphic Quranic composition in thuluth script, mounted on black board, framed and glazed.Origin: Ottom...

These illuminated calligraphy pages are the first pages of an Ottoman Quran.Origin: OttomanPeriod: 18th-19th centurySizes: 32.00 cm. H x 41.50 cm....

A miniature from a large Shahname, or Book of Kings, from Firdousi. Text in nasta'liq script in reserve on a background of lines enhanced with blu...

An illuminated two Quran pages, including the Falnama .Arabic manuscript on paperEach page is 37.00 CM by 25.50 CM.Origin: Safavid PersiaPeriod: 1...

An Ottoman framed illuminated Quran page. surat alnisa' Origin: Ottoman Period: 17th-18th century Sizes: 22.50 cm. H x 13.50 cm. W 8.86 in. H x 5....

Dalail Ahayrat is a famous collection of prayers for the Islamic prophet Muhammad, which was written by the Moroccan Shadhili Sufi and Islamic sch...

Signed Muhammad Bin 'Abd Al-Qadir Bin Ibrahim Bin Ahmad Bin [..] Al-Hasani, North Africa, probably Morocco, dated 26 DHU Al-Qa'da AH 1197/23 Octo...

An Arabic manuscript on paper. with 15ll. of neat black naskh within a gilt border, with gold roundel verse markers.Floral marginal illumination, ...

Signed Abdallah bin Mohammed student of Sheikh Al-Rifai, Dated. AH. 1812 AD.Arabic manuscript on cream watermarked paper, 90 leaves plus 2 -leaves...

An Arabic manuscript on paper. with 18ll. of neat black naskh within a gilt border, with gold roundel verse markers.Floral marginal illumination, ...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 316 leafs. Dated and signed by Muhammad ?,1281 AH/1860. ADOrigin: OttomanPeriod: 19th centurySizes: 4.00 cm. H x 3.00 ...

Thirteen Quran Kufic script pages. Origin: Persia Period: 10th-11th century Sizes: 15.50 cm. H x 14.00 cm. W 6.1 in. H x 5.51 in. W ...[more]

Muhammad bin Framers Mulla Khusrow Hanafi, ( 885 AH - 1480 AD)Ascholar of Hanafi jurisprudence and originscopied by Muhammad Amin.Istanbul.1253 A...

A book containing 76 pages written with Kufic script, with two illuminated pages. Bound in a brown leather cover.Origin: OttomanPeriod: 20th centu...

An Arabic manuscript on paper. with 11ll. of neat black naskh within a gilt border, with gold roundel verse markers. Floral marginal illumination,...

Seventeen leaves Quran in gold.Signed :Orman zadeh Mustafa bin Muhammad, who was a student of Muhammad Najeeb.Dated .10th Zu al-Hijjah .1154 AH ( ...

The Hajj scroll, depicting Mecca and Medina, was presented to Othman Pasha Al-Sadig, the governor of Damascus.Single scroll formed of 2 membranes,...

Quran II (sura al-baqara), vv.230--240, Arabic manuscript on paper, 14ll. of large black eastern kufic script, with gold rosette verse markers, re...

Ottoman manuscript in Turkish in the ten readings of Quran with comments in Arabic.Origin: Ottoman empirePeriod: 19th centurySizes: 18.50 cm. H x ...

A Persian poem book, with a Persian calligraphy in 15ll of two columns. All with a gilt border.With illuminated and gilt biofolio opening. page: 1...

An Arabic manuscript on paper. with 15ll. of neat black naskh within a gilt border, with gold roundel verse markers.Floral marginal illumination, ...

A leather-bound book with Kufic manuscripts.Origin: OttomanPeriod: 20th centurySizes: 30.00 cm. H x 25.00 cm. W11.81 in. H x 9.84 in. W

Decorated in gilt Kufic script and floral roundels.Origin: OttomanPeriod: 20th centurySizes: 31.00 cm. H x 50.00 cm. W12.2 in. H x 19.69 in. W

Wood folding Qur'an stand Inlaid with ivory and bone.Wajazahum bima sabaroo jannatan wahareeran ,Ayah-al Insan 76:12?????? ??? ????? ??? ??????Ori...

Six Islamic Mamluk wood carved panels from doors.Wood carved and inlaid with ivory, of geometrical different shapes, the central carved arabesque ...

Of typical shape, with a tall cylindrical base rising to a cup-shaped body, the rim clad in stretched leather, the body decorated with squared mot...

Of octagonal form on arched feet with fitted, gabled lid, decorated with mother-of-pearl sections organised in a cintamani design with ivory borde...

Of deep rounded form on a stepped, splayed foot, the lid of domed form with brass knop finial, the body and lid engraved with undulating bands alt...

The flat steel panel with central pierced cusped cartouche containing spiralling vine around the words ( ya Muhammad ), a band of extremely delica...

Of fan shape, composed of three rows, pierced with a large thuluth inscription amongst interlacing spiralling vines in the centre, between two row...

The square tiles decorated in cobalt-blue, yellow, brown, green and white with a yellow arabesque pattern and around with floral sprays. Each tile...

Green silk bag for the Key of the Kaaba with gilt threads. Made for Sultan Abdul Hamid Bin Mahmud Khan.Dated 1228 AH/1807-08 ADOrigin: OttomanPeri...

Of green silk with two red panels and Arabic calligraphy with silver and gilt wire threads.Dated 1331 AH/ 1910 ADAbbas hilmi alththani khdywy misr...

Kaabah Kiswah which has adorned the Holy Kaabah on the corner .The inscriptions include: in the centre, invocations to allah, the surrounding bord...

A cotton shirt (jama) covered with text written in a variety of scripts, including thuluth, and square Kufic, in assorted colors, arranged in nume...

A special textile was made for the internal door of the Kabaa beginning in the mid-19th century. It is made of black silk with red green silk appl...

An embroidered gilt metal thread textile, embroidered on a dark silk ground with two lines of large thuluth, a lobed medallion and further band of...

The silver with an Ottoman silver mark, decorated with flowers.Origin: Bohemia and TurkeyPeriod: 19th centurySizes: 49.50 cm. H19.49 in. H

Decorated with shaped panels and cartouches enclosing Arabic script and Fu bats, all surrounded by scrolling lotus. Enclosed in a key-fret band.Or...

The cover of the box is decorated with a black-ground panel enclosing an Arabic inscription reading "Shahada" which may be translated as "There is...

Of circular shape, cast in two separate sections, each disk originally encasing a paper lantern within the central field now void, the top cover w...

Of typical rounded form on short tapering base, the center marked with a boss, the finely engraved decoration with talismanic inscriptions on the ...

Of typical form, the rounded angled body with flaring conical mouth on short foot, three applied loop handles around the body.Origin: SyriaPeriod:...

Decorated with Arabic inscriptions.Origin: Indo-PersiaPeriod: 19th centurySizes: 7.00 cm. diameter2.76 in. diameter

With inscription to the interior.Origin: PersiaPeriod: 17th centurySizes: 5.00 cm. H x 13.70 cm. diameter1.97 in. H x 5.39 in. diameter

With floral sprays, and Persian inscription around the rim.Origin: PersiaPeriod: 17th-18th centurySizes: 11.00 cm. H x 19.00 cm. diameter4.33 in. ...

A pair of Chinese jade incense stick holders, of cylindrical form, each engraved with a poem, dated Year of Wuxu, signature of Ziyou, with key fre...

Small two panel byobu screen with an anonymous polychrome painting of white chrysanthemums paintedin raised gofun-white, standing behind a wickerw...