A leaf from a manuscript of the Qur'an written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th CenturyArabic manuscript on vellum, 7...

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 calligraphic composition written in nasta'liq script, comprising two couplets from a ghazal of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi, signed by 'Imad al-Hasani P...

Muhammad bin Abdu'l-Khaliq bin Ma'ruf, Kanz al-Lughat, an Arabic–Persian dictionary (composed circa AH 870/AD 1465–66), copied by ibn Shaykh Ruhi,...

A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting a prince enthroned, surrounded by courtiers and musicians Persia, 16th Centurygouache and gold on...

A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting an enthroned ruler with courtiers Persia, 16th Centurygouache and gold on paper, four lines of te...

A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting a hunting scene with wild beasts Persia, 16th Centurygouache and gold on paper, five lines of tex...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of the Sharaf-nameh, the fifth book of Nizami's Khamsa, depicting Dara in battle with Iskandar's army Persia...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of the Risalah Hatamiyyah of Kamal al-Din Husayn Kashefi Sabzavari, depicting a story concerning the famous ...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript in prose Persia, 16th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, four lines recto of text in nasta'liq script in bl...

A large album of leaves from dispersed manuscripts of the Qur'an, written in eastern kufic, thuluth, muhaqqaq and naskhi scripts, and calligraphic...

Sa'di, Kulliyat, with eight miniatures Persia, late 16th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, 418 leaves, 11 lines to the page written in nasta'liq...

An album of calligraphy in concertina form, copied by 'Ali Reza Persia, dated AH 982/AD 1574-75Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper laid dow...

Inba' al-Istifa' fi-haqq aba' al-Mustafa, a religious treatise concerning the ancestry of the Prophet Muhammad, by Muhyi al-Din Muhammad bin al-Kh...

A calligraphic composition consisting of the nada 'Ali quatrain in the form of a lion Deccan, 18th Centurypen and ink and gold on paper, mounted o...

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

An illuminated Qur'an North India, late 17th/early 18th CenturyArabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 425 leaves, 15 lines to the page written...

Sa'di, Gulistan, copied by Faqir Jan Muhammad North India, late 17th/early 18th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, 161 leaves, ten lines to the p...

An impressive lithographed copy of Firdausi's Shahnama, with 58 illustrations, by the scribe Muhammad Ibrahim Port of Bombay, published through Mu...

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, Husain al-Zahidi, a pupil of Ahmad al-Nazifi Ottoman Turkey, dated AH [1]269/AD 1852-53Arabic manuscript on paper, 303 leav...

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...

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...

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

An attractive small manuscript copy of Maktabi Shirazi's Layla va Majnun, with twelve illustrations Qajar Persia, late 19th Century, ownership ins...

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

Two Qajar albums of calligraphic compositions, mostly written in shikasteh Persia, mostly second half of the 19th CenturyPersian (and some Arabic)...

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

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

Six calligraphic album pages in shikasteh, including two attributed to 'Abd al-Majid Taliqani, known as Darvish Persia, 18th-19th CenturyPersian m...

Majnun brought to Layla's camp in chains by a beggar woman, after an illustration in Shah Tahmasp's manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, by a follower o...

Khusraw Parviz with an assembly of courtiers and servants, by a follower of Haj Mirza Aqa Imami (1880-1955) Iran, 20th Centurygouache and gold on ...

Two demon musicians on a composite camel, led by a third demon Qajar Persia, signed by Sattar Tabrizi, second half of the 19th Centurypen and ink ...

A bird perched in a rose bush, with butterflies round about (Gul-o Bulbul), signed by Muhammad 'Ali Qajar Persia, dated [1]273/AD 1856-57watercolo...

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Hashem al-Isfahani, known as Zargar Persia, dated AH 1170/AD 1756-57Arabic manuscript on paper, 243 leav...

A small illuminated Qur'an Persia, late 18th/early 19th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 275 leaves, 18 lines to the page written in small naskh...

An illuminated Qur'an Qajar Persia, circa 1800-1840Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 313 leaves, 14 lines to the page written in naskhi scri...

A fine prayer book, beginning with du'a' al-'alawi (The 'Alawi Prayer), and ending with dua' sayfi (The Sayfi Prayer), commissioned by, or in the ...

A book of prayers to be recited after each daily prayer, copied by Muhammad Hashim, illuminated later by the order of Mustashar al-Mulk Persia, te...

An album in concertina form, comprising fourteen pages from a manuscript of the Divan of Hafiz written in fine shikasteh, in the manner of Darvish...

A concertina album with eleven leaves of calligraphy in naskhi script, and five paintings, including two views of palaces Qajar Persia, early 19th...

A fine large siyah mashq (calligraphic exercise) in nasta'liq script, signed by Muhammad Isma'il Gulpaygani Persia, at Gulpaygan, dated dhi'l-qa'a...

Two leaves from a manuscript of poetry, with illustrations depicting the Mir'aj, and a scene of pupils with a scholar Qajar Persia, late 19th Cent...

A large illuminated Qur'an leaf, framed together with a small painting of Imam 'Ali Qajar Persia, mid/late 19th CenturyArabic and Persian manuscri...

Two illuminated leaves from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an North India, 16th-17th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 12 lines to the page wr...

Sa'di, Kulliyat, poetry, copied by 'Abd al-Karim al-Tabataba'i Qajar Persia, begun in AH 1267/AD 1850-51, completed on Rabi' II 1268/January-Febru...

Abu'l-Majd Majdud bin Adam Sana'i Ghaznavi, better known as Sana'i, Muntakhab-i Hadiqa, an abridged version of the Hadiqa al-haqiqa by Sana'i, cop...

Amir Mu'izzi (d. circa 1127), Divan, poetry Persia, 19th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, 88 leaves, 16 lines to the page written in nasta'liq...

Maktabi Shirazi, Layla and Majnun, with nine illustrations Persia, in the city of Hamadan, late 19th Century (in the month of Dhi'l-qa'dah)Persian...

Abu Nasr Farahi bin Abi Bakr bin Husain Sajzi Adibi (d. 1242), Nisab al-Sibiyan, a versified Arabic-Persian glossary for teaching children Arabic ...

Mirza Rafi' al-Din Muhammad Qazvini, known as al-Va'iz (d. AH 1089/AD 1678-89), Abvab al-Jinan, vol. I (of 8), an ethical work based on the Qur'an...

A calligraphic composition written in nasta'liq script Persia, 17th Century and laterPersian manuscript on paper, seven lines written diagonally i...

Two illuminated leaves from a manuscript of Persian poetry relating to the Prophet Muhammad Kashmir, 19th CenturyPersian manuscript on gold-sprink...

Muhammad bin Murtada, better known as Muhsin, al-Mafatih al-Sharayi'a, on Islamic law, originally composed in AH 1042/AD 1633-34 Qajar Persia, dat...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting Europeans in 17th Century dress Persia, 18th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in p...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) by Najaf 'Ali Isfahani Persia, dated AH 1265/ AD 1848-9with rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychr...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) by Ibrahim Persia, late 19th/early 20th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and ...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting Christian scenes signed by Ahmad Persia, dated AH 1313/AD 1895-96with rounded ends and sliding tray, d...

A Qajar style lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, 20th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with floral spray...