The kaftan of typical form, formed of panels of green silk lampas originally for use in one of the Holy Kabaa, the crests of the chevrons are embe...

Of rectangular form, the black ground embroidered with metal-thread calligraphic inscription comprising part of Quran 11, surah Al-Hud, v.88; with...

Of rectangular form, the black ground embroidered with elegant gold calligraphy, the lower left hand corner signed, mounted, glazed and framed.42....

Of rectangular form, embroidered in silver and silver-gilt thread over a black silk ground, the surface broken into cartouches of various shapes a...

Of rectangular form, embellished on a silk green ground with a repeating of three undulating bands running from the beginning to the end of the cl...

Rectangular in shape, two dark green velvet panels stitched together, each side is heavily decorated with a thread of gold-plated and silver-plate...

A painting on textile, depicting a roundel enclosing the great Mosque of Mecca including important significant sites like the black stone, Maqam I...

Of elongated rectangular form, embroidered in silver thread with a calligraphic cartouche containing v.59 of surah Al-Nisa against a dark navy blu...

An Ottoman Kaaba kiswa brocade or samadiyah, of square form placed always on the four corners of the Kaaba.Embellished in silver and gilt wires on...

A large panorama view of Mecca on a roll, depicting al-Masjid al-Haram, the great Mosque of Mecca surrounded by houses and buildings viewed from j...

An Ottoman painting of Hajj caravan, of the Hajj caravan coming from Damascus to Mecca. Colors on paper depicting people going to Hajj in Mecca ac...

The Hizam, or belt, is an inscribed band that encircles the upper part of the Kaaba, of rectangular form, inscribed over a black silk ground, the ...

Of rectangular form, the green silk ground applied with cartouches consisting of flowers and classic flower scrolls, embroidered with silver and s...

Albumen prints laid down on a card album page with gilt margin rules on a maroon ground. Arabic inscriptions to negative photographs.19.5 by 24 cm...

A central panel of the Kaaba during Al-Tawaf, one of the Islamic rituals of pilgrimage in Mecca,surrounded by a dense design of flowers and foliag...

Of rectangular form, embroidered in silver and gilt threads over a black silk ground, the surface broken into cartouches of various shapes and siz...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 334 leaves with 15 lines to each page, of black naskh, headings in red, opening bifolium painted in red, yellow blue a...

A contract to sell half a house in Mecca between Hajj Muhammad Adeeb Latifa and his brother Hajj Ali Latifa, for a value of 350 Ottoman liras in g...

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paperCalled ‘Eskandar in the Shahnameh’, is an important chapter in the epic. On his way from India to North Af...

The kaftan of typical form, formed of panels of green silk lampas originally for use in one of the Holy Kabaa. The crests of the chevrons are embe...

A large Ottoman silk, velvet and metal thread calligraphic band from the holy Kabaa (Hizam), of rectangular form embroidered with gilt and silver ...

A fragment of silk hanging panel in the Rawdah Al-Mutahara, this fabric was woven in the tribute-color kemha technique.With an inscribed weave in ...

Painting in opaque watercolor and gold. Depicting Chishti Mu-in al-Din Hasan Sijzi (1142–1236 AD), known more commonly as Mu-in al-Din Chishti or ...

A Mughal Painting with opaque pigments on paper, depicting a scene where Majnun and his father with his clan beside Al-Kaaba seeking cure for his ...

Two Persian miniatures about the holy Hajj in Mecca and Al-Medina, gouache heightened with gold on paper. Both miniatures with verses of the Quran...

A Fatimid cotton and wool cap of rounded shape and segmented in radial panels, embellished with Arabic calligraphy, Quran verses and Hadith’s. 1...

Papier mâché, comprising six nesting globes of graduating size. Each formed of two hemispheres and inscribed in black and red, each carrying circl...

Cast brass, mater engraved with the name of maker, containing five plates, openwork rete, alidade to reverse, with pin and horse, suspension loop....

The top and base of the box heavily inscribed in minute naskh script, the signature at the centre of the top, the sides of the lid with later insc...

Decorated with three zodiacs: fish, a lion and a ram, inscribed with Arabic script and written around the rim. The reverse side decorated with a t...

With markings in red and black, gilt decoration, red painted edges, two cartouches to the front, the reverse with further cartouche and sexagesima...

A fine brass and tortoiseshell triple case Turkish market pocket watch. Movement signed, pierced and engraved balance cock, enamel dial with Turki...

A fine silver and tortoiseshell triple case Turkish market pocket watch. Movement signed, pierced and engraved balance cock, enamel dial with Turk...

Ottoman manuscript on paper, 14 leaves, 24 lines to the page, written in naskh script in black ink, headings and keywords in orange, with 14 later...

Elementary textbook of astronomy by Sharaf al-D?n Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al-Jaghmini al-Khwarizmi 603 AH/1207 AD with a commentray about th...

The cotton shirt inscribed with the entire text of the Quran written in black ghubari within a square and rectangular shapes, each shoulder with a...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on cloth, of typical form with semi-circular cut collar and short rectangular sleeves, with two large ‘L’ sha...

A watercolor and gilt decorated painting of the twelve zodiacs, decorated with Quran verses from Surah Al-Burooj, 'The sky with the zodiacs, the p...

Arabic manuscript paper with 187 leaves and 4 fly leaves, 22 lines to each page, written in naskh script with black and red ink, tables of number ...

A green jade with a cusped petal border and flat edge with a cylindrical opening for attaching, finely carved with arabesque designs surrounded by...

Of oval shape, the jade surface carved with 4 lines of extremely elegant nasta’liq, the final line dated.4 cm. height, 5.5 cm. wide.Arabic text is...

With four bronze pans, which originally hung from a bronze arm, one pan at each end, suspended by thin chains or threads which have not survived. ...

Arabic manuscript on paper of 19 leaves with 18 lines to each page, in naskh script with black and red ink.1. A short thesis on Medicine, Arabic, ...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 87 leaves and 2 flyleaves with 14 lines to each page, written in naskh script with black and red ink with a blue borde...

Arabic manuscript of 16 sheets calligraphed in black naskh with words and sentences in red on 22 lines per page. The colophon is signed ‘Rached b....

Arabic manuscript on paper with 11 leaves and 2 flyleaves of 27 lines to each page written in black naskh, catchwords likes the names of the ruler...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 80 pages, with ruq’ah and naskh script.Author: Somali theologian and jurist Uthman Bin Ali from Zeila. Died 743 AH/134...

The present manuscript is distinguished from many sides, as the Druze heritage is sparse and abundant and includes most of the letters so that it ...

Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Lawati al-Tanji known as Ibn Battuta.Copied by Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Jazi Al-Kalbi 756 AH/1355 ADAn Arab...

Muhammad Bin Ya’Kub Al-Firuzabadi Handwritten Arabic dictionary of 545 folios of 33 lines per page in two assembled parts and two different hands....

Asma’ul Allah wa Husni wa un’Nabi (the names of God and Prophet Muhamad), in Arabic, decorated manus- cript on paper single volume, 227 leaves (pl...

Turkish poetry collection by Fuzuli Azerbaijani:1494 –1556 copied by Qasim Subashi, 999 AH/1591AD Mahammad bin Suleyman. Classical Azerbaijani . M...

'Rashahaat ain al heyaat’ or eye life filters, in the honors of the Naqshbandi sheikhs and their prophetic literature and divine secrets. Persian ...

Arabic manuscript on paper 296 sheets about commercial and civil acts or dealings under Islamic law, and Alfiqh as ‘knowledge of the rules of God...

Copied by Ama Allah Quraish bint Muhammad bint Ahmad Al-Fahrawali Al-Makki, 967 AH/1559 AD. Mukhtasar Al-Quduri also known as panning the entire s...

The stellar wood panels carved with intricate knot work bordered with micro mosaic strap work, the hinged lid panel with octagonal micro mosaic ro...

The rock crystal of domed cylindrical form with vertical ribs.3.5 cm. height., 3 cm. diameter of the baseCATALOGUE NOTEOf oval form with vertical ...

The dark green nephrite carved on each side with an ogival medallion containing floral sprays around a central stellar flowerhead, in a border of ...

A jade carved pendant, inlaid with gold, uncut diamonds and carved Berly stones.6.8 by 3.8 cm.

Of rough oval form with one flat and one convex side, engraved to each side with a three-line Kufic inscription of Ayat al-Kursi known as ‘The Thr...