Double Page from the Qur'an

The Illuminated Border of Animals, double page from a copy of the Gulistan of Sa'di

Islamic

Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish Poems in Praise of Wine (verso)

Mirza Muhammad, Sultan Muhammad Nur

Poetry Fragment (Qit'a) written in Nasta'liq Script

Islamic

Teksten en bloemornamenten

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Calligraphy framed by an ornamental border with poppies and pairs of birds, from the Late Shah Jahan Album (verso)

Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–58)

Illuminated page (verso), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492) with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)

Mushfiq, Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi

Page from a Copy of The Qur'an

Islamic

Page from the Poem of Beauty and Love

India, Kashmir, Mughal, 19th century

Calligraphy (verso)

India, Deccan, 17th century

Persian calligraphy framed by an ornamental border of flowers, birds, and deer, from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Mir 'Ali Haravi

Ontwerp voor een tapijt

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Ontwerp voor een tapijt

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