Dervish’s staff, Steel. Persia/Iran. 18th c. Used by members of the Sufi brotherhood. Staff forms calligraphic ornament that spells out Ali
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Shirin Neshat, From the Series , ‘Our House is on Fire’, 2013. Digital C print and ink
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Miniature from a copy of the Ramayana. “Sita Shies Away from Hanuman, Believing He is Ravana in Disguise” Mughal India; 1594
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The Constellation of the Dragon / Draco, by al-Tinnin from 'The Mirror of Astronomy', Persia / Iran, ca. 1740
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Eclipse, from an Ottoman Treatise on Astronomy - ABU AL-FAZL HUBAYSH BIN IBRAHIM AL-MUNAJJIM AL-TIFLISI (Kitab Madkhal al-Nujum and Kitab Usul al-Malahim fi Ahkam al-Nujum, Istanbul, 27 July 1479) Bir Osmanlı Astronomi Risalesi, İbrahim Tiflisi, İstanbul, 1479
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Tashrih-i Mansuri by Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf Ibn Ilyās (منصور ابن محمد ابن احمد ابن يوسف ابن الياس) late 14th c, Shiraz
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Tashrih-i Mansuri by Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf Ibn Ilyās (منصور ابن محمد ابن احمد ابن يوسف ابن الياس) late 14th c, Shiraz
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Tashrih-i Mansuri by Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf Ibn Ilyās (منصور ابن محمد ابن احمد ابن يوسف ابن الياس) late 14th c, Shiraz
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Miniature. “A Palace Complex with Harem Gardens” Mughal India, Faizabad or Lucknow; c. 1765
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Zodiac rug, probably from the Kerman region of Iran. Early 20th century
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Ramin Haerizadeh, Men of Allah (05), 2008, C-Print, 100 x 150 cm
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Map of the World made by Arab cartographer Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi in 1154 at court of Roger II of Sicily
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Piri Reis (d. 962 AH /1555 CE)
from Book of Navigation
Illuminated manuscript dedicated to Sultan Süleyman
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Piri Reis, Map of the Nile with various oases on each as far as Sīdī Maʿrūf from Book on Navigation
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Map of unmarked part of Egyptian coastline, 1525 CE
From 'Kitab-ı Bahriye' by Turkish mapmaker Piri Reis (1465-1555)
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Piri Reis, Map of the Island of Bozjah (Tenedos) Off the Coast of Anatolia
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1440 Arab Manuscript
Drawing of great horse/mare as seen in the sky
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Arabic manuscript, ca. 1766, Traité d’hippiatrie
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Jamil Molaeb
Arab Village II
2011
oil on canvas
130 by 90cm
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The King of the Crows conferring with his political advisors, a page from the Arabic version of Kalila wa dimna, dated 1210 CE.
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From Beyadh wa Riyadh, an Arabic love story from the 13th century.
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Arabic Star Lists, c. 1065
Earliest compilation of Ptolemy’s constellations, codified only in the 9th c., after it was published in Arabic
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An Arabic manuscript, dated 1200 CE, titled Anatomy of the Eye by al-Mutadibih
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Arabic astrology. Mansions of the Moon, miniature from an Ottoman survey of world history, ca, 1580 CE
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Libra - from the Book of Wonders, Kitab al Bulhan, composite manuscript in Arabic, late 14th century C.E., Abd al-Hasan Al-Isfahani
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Diagram of Heaven and Hell. Ottoman Empire, the Caucasus. 18th century
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The Mughal celestial globe of Muhammad Salih Tahtawi, inscribed with Arabic and Persian inscriptions, 1631(wax cast)
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Brass celestial globe, Muhammad ibn Mahmud ibn ‘Ali al-Tabari al-Asturlabi (Iran, 1286—6th oldest celestial globe)
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Mughal Emperor Jahangir holding a globe probably made by Muhammad Salih Tahtawi (see two images above), by: Abul Hasan Nadir al-Zaman 1617
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Shamsa bearing the name and titles of Emperor Shah Jahan (1594-1666), the fifth Mughal Emperor of India.
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Plane astrolabe, Arabic. 10th c, gilt brass; parchment & leather case, diameter: 165 mm
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Pages from an Arabic 17th century CE manuscript, which sets out instructions for the practical uses of an astrolabe
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Title page of the Acts of the Apostles, in Arabic,
Damascus, 1342
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illuminated album page: A Turbaned Youth, Persia, Safavid, 17th Century, with calligraphy signed by Muhammad Salih al-Husayni
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Portrait of Shāh Ṭahmasp from Walters Manuscript W.668, fol.4b
Album of Persian & Indian calligraphy & paintings
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The Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent
Calligraphy, from Constantinople
AD 1520–1566
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