The Heavens as they were on April 25, 1384 (CE) by the Persian polymath Mahmud ibn Yahya ibn al-Hasan al-Kashi,completed between 1410-11 CE
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Men with fireworks, ca. 1730-40, Rajasthan, Mughal India. Artist Unknown
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Antique Persian/Iranian Textile. Isfahan. Summer Prayer Rug Qajar Dynasty, probably 19th century.
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Bichitr - A Scribe, Mughal India, ca. 1625
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Images from an Arabic manuscript featuring schematics for water powered systems, pulleys/gearing mechanisms. 16th and 19th century
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Images from an Arabic manuscript featuring schematics for water powered systems, pulleys/gearing mechanisms. 16th and 19th century
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Door of the Mosque of Barquq, Cairo. Photograph by David Lewis
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Dish of bidri metal, inlaid with silver and brass, Mughal India, Deccan; 2nd half of 17th century
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Flower Painting, artist unknown, Mughal India, ca. 1651-1750
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Miniature pasted on an album leaf. “Portrait of Fath Ali Shah Qajar” Persia / Iran; 1226 H / 1811 CE
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Ustad Mansur - Chameleon, Mughal India, 17th century
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Turban cover, silk embroidery on linen. Turkey, second half 16th century
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Piri Reis was a 16th century Ottoman Admiral famous for his maps & charts collected in his Kitab-ı Bahriye (Book of Navigation) early 16th C
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